Located near Sakhalin Island off the Pacific coast of Russia, the Berkut Oil rig is the largest in the world. Weighing approximately 200,000 tons, this engineering marvel sits 35 meters below the seafloor and has an estimated maximum oil extraction capacity of 4.5 million tons annually.
[pdf] “Blue Whale 1,” the world’s largest and most advanced ultra-deep-water semi-submersible drilling rig was built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited in east China's Shandong Province. The 42000-ton oil platform has cost $700 mil. more
[pdf] US Rig Count is at a current level of 537.00, up from 536.00 last week and down from 583.00 one year ago. This is a change of 0.19% from last week and -7.89% from one year ago. US Rig Count, displays the number of active drilling rigs throughout the United States.
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