natural gas rig News

Blowout Could Tip Regulator Focus to Shallow Water

Last week’s blowout on a natural gas rig off the Louisiana coast could shift regulators’ focus to shallow water drilling and make an overhaul of safety equipment regulations more likely. The rig, owned by Hercules Offshore and operated under contract …

Chevron Rig Burns off Nigeria as Damage Hits Shore

The burning inferno of what used to be a Chevron Corp. natural gas rig still stains the night’s sky orange more than two weeks after the rig caught fire, and no one can say when it will end as swarms …