(FINANCIAL TIMES) The classic image of the offshore oil industry is a big, clunky drilling platform, looming above the restless waters of the North Sea. It is an image which is increasingly out-of-date.
These days, much of the world’s oil and gas production is hidden from view, deep below the waves, on the seafloor.
Modern offshore energy production involves "technological challenges of unprecedented complexity". Shown: ROV working on a subsea structure.
