China has successfully tested its first domestically developed robot capable of conducting three-dimensional drilling ...

The survey will take place in an area of 30,000 square miles being considered for mining that is adjacent to the Rose Atoll ...

Seas Geosciences has completed the conversion of the BOS Princess into a multipurpose geotechnical drilling vessel that is now ready to serve the global offshore energy industry. With its 80-metre ...

But one British group believes it is feasible -- and should also be considerably cheaper -- to site the whole thing on the seafloor. A seabed drilling rig that can carry out the same activities as a ...

Geologists from Heriot-Watt are part of an international research team that has confirmed why the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off ...

Santa Cruz County Supervisor Justin Cummings is organizing California coastal communities in response to the prospect of offshore oil drilling and potential seabed mining — as his predecessor Gary ...

Purpose: Establish the structural and pressure-containing interface at the seabed for an offshore well, enabling safe top-hole drilling, pressure control, and subsequent casing hanger landings under ...