I.1 Carry out PMs on drawworks, top drive mechanical assemblies, rotary tables, mud pumps, shakers/centrifuges, agitators, catwalk/pipe-handling mechanization, cranes and winches, air compressors, and ...

At-a-Glance: Onshore drilling rig Chief Mechanic pay typically falls around $480–$600 per day at mid-career, which annualizes to about $97,500–$110,000 on a 14/14 schedule. Entry-level chiefs land ...

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A mechanic was killed Tuesday morning in San Joaquin County when a big rig driver allegedly fell asleep and crashed into a disabled truck on Interstate 5. The mechanic had been working underneath the ...

A top Transocean drilling manager denies he was involved in a heated argument with a BP manager aboard the Deepwater Horizon hours before it exploded in the Gulf last month. The manager was testifying ...

Reporting from Kenner, La., and Washington — — Hours before the fatal accident that sank the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, workers for the rig’s owner quarreled with BP ...