Trotting a small river with a stick float is one of the quickest ways to get bites from roach, dace, bleak and chub. It is active, visual fishing, and when the float buries in a steady run it never ...

Transocean Ltd. has secured a 365-day contract for the 12,000-ft drillship Deepwater Atlas with bp in the US GOM. Norwegian operator Aker BP has extended the contract for Saipem’s 10,000-ft semisub ...

After a softer 2025, floater backlog is strengthening for 2026 and beyond, driven by early contracting, strong South American demand, and a growing pipeline of 2027+ programs. By the close of 2025, ...

The Noble Jim Day dwarfed the small tugboats pushing the hulking offshore oil rig down the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and out into the Gulf of Mexico. The floating rig — one of the world’s largest at ...

According to a recent Wood Mackenzie report, floating rig utilization has rebounded to levels last seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, with rates experiencing a 40% surge over the past year. According ...

What is a Slip Bobber Rig? A slip bobber rig requires a few key components to tie everything together, but the star of the show - and what gives this rig its name - is a float (bobber) that has a hole ...

SpaceX has bought two offshore oil rigs that it will convert into floating spaceports for use on future mission to the Moon and Mars. The huge portable platforms will one day act as launchpads for the ...

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SpaceX’s grand vision for Starship, the next-generation spacecraft it’s currently in the process of developing, includes not only trips to Mars, but also regular point-to-point flights right here on ...