Oil rig jobs can seem very appealing in any job market, but there are a number of harsh realities to working on them that ...

Mr. Charlie has seen the up and downs over the years in the oil patch off Louisiana's coast, but this could be the toughest slump of all. Earlier this week, the steel rig stationed on the Atchafalaya ...

PASCAGOULA -- A $10.6 million dredging project has resulted in the first of what Signal International LLC hopes will be much more work, the company announced this week. Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.

Not many on-the-ground jobs that offer a salary over $55,000 for just half a year’s work. But that’s the money for those who opt for the rigor of an oil rig, a hot topic on people’s tongues this week.

The Wall Street Journal has recently released a list of 200 jobs in the US that rank from best to worst. Oil rig workers were ranked No. 196, just one behind dairy farmers. This may seem surprising ...

The wildcatter may be an iconic figure in state history, but many Texans today would not go to work on an oil rig — even for double their current pay. That’s according to a new survey from TradeSafe, ...

On a drilling rig towering above quiet cattle farms in Southeast Texas, Eric Williams perched inside the cabin of the 16-story machine, twisting a pair of joysticks to guide a gigantic wrench roaring ...

Royal Dutch Shell PLC may have only one shot at drilling a well in Alaska’s icebound waters this year. For that job, it has tapped a 30-year-old rig with a name that suggests its end-of-the-earth ...