Sentences with phrase «high oil drilling rig»

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U.S. drillers added five oil rigs in the week to April 27, bringing the total count to 825, the highest since March 2015, General Electric's Baker Hughes energy services firm said.

U.S. drillers added five oil rigs looking for new production in the week to April 27, according to energy services firm Baker Hughes, bringing the total count to a March 2015 high of 825.

U.S. drillers added five oil rigs drilling for new production in the week ending April 20, bringing the total count to 820, the highest since March, 2015, according to General Electric's Baker Hughes energy services firm.

The blunt - spoken civil engineer has spent more than a half - century investigating high - profile engineering failures, from the space shuttle Columbia's horrific end to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil - drilling rig in the Gulf.

In 2000, the US Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) published a report warning that there were several difficulties connected with deep - water well control, that experience in this area was «limited» and with many rigs having very high oil production rates, a blowout could be «a potential show - stopper» for deep - water drilling in general.

Film Review by Kam Williams Spectacular Disaster Flick Depicts Real - Life Events Surrounding BP Oil Spill On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, located 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana, exploded when high - pressure methane gas blew out the drill pipe.

As for increased sealife around oil rigs as a good thing (previous comment)-- please note that sea life congregates around outcroppings in the ocean — in the case of oil rigs though, the sea life ends up with dangerously high levels of mercury from mercury contaminated drilling muds.