Heavy Oil is an up and coming energy resource that is aggressively being sought out as the world's energy demand increases. As technology continues to improve, this once costly energy source is ...

Oil rigs are critical for supplying the world with energy but working on a rig is not without its risks. In the eighties, a horror diving accident saw five men die after an unprecedented change ...

Working on an offshore oil rig, your day is structured around alternating 12-hour shifts. It's a high-risk environment that requires extensive safety training. Living arrangements involve shared ...

As defined by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), heavy oil is a type of crude oil characterized by an asphaltic, dense, viscous nature (similar to molasses), and its asphaltene (very large ...

Working on an oil rig has always been my dream job ... the Minimum Industry Safety Training exam, and the Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency test. It cost me over £3,000, around ...

Ministry officials have come up with three options for the platform: a destroyer, a large commercial ship or an oil rig. The options will be presented to ruling coalition lawmakers as early as ...

U.S. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators and Armed Forces of the Philippines service members approach a gas and oil platform during a joint combined exchange training (JCET) event in El Nido ...