The Caspian Sea, also referred to as the world's "biggest lake," is home to one of the most unusual oil rigs ever seen. Bananas will not spoil or become mushy if not stored with 1 common ...

February 14, 1982 – The world’s largest semi-submersible oil rig, the Ocean Ranger, stands in the path of a violent North Atlantic storm. Believed to be “unsinkable,” it vanishes beneath ...

Built to withstand extreme conditions and house hundreds of people, the size, complexity, and location of oil rigs makes ...

Deep in the Caspian Sea, around 100 kilometres off the coast of Azerbaijan's capital Baku, lies Neft Daslari, the world's ... rig on a tiny island and has since grown into an extensive network of ...

It had ridden piggyback all the way from a South Korean shipyard, more than 15,000 miles, aboard the world's largest ... are lashing the rig. Will It Make Sense Even for the Oil Companies?

Oceanic oil spills are one of the worst events humanity can inflict upon the natural world. Whether it's from an oil rig's mishap or deliberate wartime actions, oil being dumped into the ocean ...