21.   Still, some oil companies began returning crews to offshore rigs they had evacuated earlier, as the hurricane passed by many of the major fields.

22.   Terrorists in a dinghy in the Persian Gulf could launch missiles at offshore rigs or Saudi fields, some of which are just a few miles inland.

23.   The combined company would be a dominant operator of semi-submersible drilling rigs, the most common type of offshore rig.

24.   The contract is the second this month that calls for Sedco Forex to build a large offshore rig.

25.   The margins in offshore rig repair and improvements will be better than the profit margins of between five and six percent for ship repairs, Tan said.

26.   The oil-service industry drills wells, supplies drill bits, transports workers to offshore rigs and performs other support tasks for oil-exploration companies.

27.   The U.S. Supreme Court in March allowed a male roustabout on an offshore rig, Joseph Oncole, to sue his employer for same-sex harassment.

28.   They testified that they had seen female workers on offshore rigs tied to a heliport and had fireworks shot at them.

29.   This will put Jurong Shipyard on head-on competition with another Singapore company repairing offshore rigs, Keppel Fels Ltd.

30.   While rental rates for offshore rigs have increased, the amounts being paid remain below what it would cost to build new rigs.