U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for the first time in three weeks, energy ...

Working on an oil rig has always been my dream job. It sounded like an adventure. When I left school at 16, I decided to get a job in construction. I worked on building sites and in power stations ...

Baker Hughes, a leading energy services company, said that the U.S. added oil and gas rigs this week for the first time since ...

while oil prices saw an increase before the rig data release. Drilling activity in the Permian Basin experienced a slight decline, and the Eagle Ford rig count held steady, both showing decreases ...

U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the first time in three weeks, energy services firm Baker ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Kailem Donovan, an offshore rope access rigger who works on oil rigs in the North and Baltic seas. It has been edited for length ...