Offshore oil rigs are some of the largest structures on the ocean, ... However, given well-reported environmental tragedies, the deep-sea frontier is under more and more scrutiny.

As it stands, roughly 12,000 offshore oil and gas rigs pepper the world's coastlines. These platforms typically operate for between 20 and 40 years.

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Beneath the surface of oceans worldwide, around 12,000 offshore oil rigs have been built to tap into the deep reserves of oil hidden beneath the sea floor.

In a post on X, the minister said the country is looking to develop a full exploration and production (E&P) deepwater ...

The deepest offshore oil well was over 35,000 feet by the Deepwater Horizon, and the Maersk Voyager operated in the deepest waters at 12,000 feet.

California learned this the hard way in 2017 when decommissioning Platform Holly, an oil rig located off the coast of Santa Barbara made famous as the source of a 450,000-gallon oil spill.