The rig is scheduled to head into the Arctic later this summer as part of an exploratory offshore drilling operation. That drilling is controversial — at least in the lower 48 states.

Oil and gas infrastructure in Cook Inlet. (Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) There will be no new offshore oil and gas sales in federal waters near Alaska anytime soon.

A polar bear is spotted on a multiyear ice floe in the Beaufort Sea on Aug. 13, 2023. The Trump administration is planning to designate a new "High Arctic" region off Alaska for offshore oil and ...

Most of the offshore oil platforms that have ever been built were installed in the Gulf of Mexico—more than 7,000 since 1947. More than 5,000 of those have since been removed.

The shadow of Doyon Drill Rig 142 at the Kuparuk oil field on Alaska’s North Slope. Photographer: Louie Palu/Agence VU. ... offshore projects might take more than three decades.

Offshore drilling is risky because oil that spills can travel far, contaminating marine life over wide areas. The 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico led to the worst ...

Long before offshore oil rigs are put together, much less sent out into the open ocean, they're expertly designed. Schematics are drawn up, and in many cases, engineers will take these plans and ...

Any offshore oil rig that extends past 1500 meters is considered to be an ultra-deepwater production facility. However, that's still nowhere close to the deepest man has explored in the ocean.

Trump administration plans offshore oil leasing in Alaska’s ‘High Arctic ... the wreck of a mobile drill rig that escaped its tow and grounded during a storm on Dec. 31, 2012.

The Trump administration plans to create a new designated region for offshore oil leasing in Arctic waters off Alaska, an area where past exploration attempts have failed amid extremely high costs ...