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How the North Sea Oil Rig Salvage Cost $40 Billion

The North Sea is filled with aging oil rigs - and dismantling them comes with a shocking price tag: $40 billion. This is the ...
Offshore Engineer

Ithaca Extends Stay of Prosafe’s Accommodation Rig in North Sea

Oil and gas firm Ithaca Energy has extended the stay of Prosafe’s Safe Caledonia accommodation rig at the Captain field in ...
NPR

Why thousands of flies are on an oil rig in the middle of the ocean

In the North Sea — between the United Kingdom, Norway and Denmark — thousands of flies swarmed an oil rig. Engineer Craig Hannah noticed they'd stay still on the rig for hours, suddenly taking off all ...
AOL

Thousands of flies landed on an oil rig in the North Sea. Scientists finally think they know why

On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the sky and land on the upper reaches of the platform. There were thousands of ...
The Conversation

Thousands of flies keep landing on North Sea oil rigs then taking off a few hours later – here’s why

Toby Doyle is affiliated with The University of Exeter. Eva Jimenez-Guri is affiliated with The University of Exeter. On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon ...