Lawsuit filed after rig floor collapse critically injures West Texas oilfield worker

A rig floor collapse at a Petro-Hunt Permian wellsite in Pecos County has sparked a lawsuit after an oilfield worker suffered ...
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Petrofac's Collapse Has Left 2,000 North Sea Jobs At Risk

North Sea oilfield services giant Petrofac has lined up administrators Teneo, threatening more than 2,000 jobs in Scotland as ...

North Sea operator facing break-up in race to save 2,000 jobs

Ministers are scrambling to save one of the Britain’s largest offshore contractors after its holding company filed for ...
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U.S. Rig Count Falls Despite Record Production

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, while weekly U.S. crude oil ...
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Aramco Says Saudi Oil Rig Decline Due to Completion of Projects

The number of active rigs targeting oil in the kingdom dropped to its lowest in more than two decades in July, according to Baker Hughes data. Image by champc via iStock The number of active oil rigs ...
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Oil rig count drops along with prices that crude is commanding

Later today, oil services and technology company Baker Hughes will release its U.S. rig count, which is the tally of active oil rigs in the country. Since the spring, rig count has declined, reaching ...
Oil

Fewer oil-directed rigs account for much of overall North America rig count decline

The overall drilling rig count in North America is down 7 units to 717 the week ended Aug. 1, with drops in oil-directed rigs accounting for much of the decline. The overall drilling rig count in ...
Oil

North American rig count unchanged as Canadian gain offsets US decline

The rig count in North America ended the week unchanged at 693 rigs working, according to Baker Hughes data. The count is 61 units fewer than were drilling in North America this time last year. US oil ...