Commissioning an offshore drilling rig verifies that every system—from well control to power and marine—is installed, cleaned, calibrated, function-tested, integrated, and proven safe for drilling ...

In anticipation of the 2025 proposal, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors narrowly passed a resolution opposing offshore drilling in October. The City of Arcata followed. The Humboldt Bay Harbor ...

Another step has been taken in the Trump administration’s efforts to expand offshore drilling in California — but the process is still in its early stages, and it’s not clear if oil companies are ...

"We won't tolerate the Trump Administration's intent to auction off California's coast for offshore drilling to the highest bidder," Levin said.

Well control in offshore drilling is the disciplined set of practices and equipment used to keep bottomhole pressure within the safe operating window (between pore pressure and fracture pressure), ...

Nature lovers, scientists and politicians worry the beloved California coastline, from the Redwoods to Santa Monica, will be endangered by the Trump administration's latest call for expanded offshore ...