But in general, the major types of offshore oil rigs include the following: Anchored directly into the seabed, fixed-platform rigs consist of a tall, steel structure known as a "jacket" that rises ...

Offshore oil infrastructure in California acts as ... On her frequent trips offshore, it became clear to her that the rig jackets provided habitat that was vital to the region’s economy.

NEW ORLEANS — Nearly 50 miles offshore at the big oil rig floating on a glassy-calm sea ... Most of the men had on bright orange life jackets. Some men, having been thrown from their bunks ...

See About archive blog posts. The BP oil spill that started below the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico began last April and continued for weeks. In today’s paper, L.A. Times ...

Soon, we plunge below the dark blue surface next to a massive steel structure that looks like a spaceship, known as the "jacket" of the oil rig. Now underwater, sea lions dive and dart away.

That fact would’ve sounded absurd just a decade ago, and even more absurd that we’re producing all that oil with far fewer rigs. As the Energy Information Administration reported Tuesday ...