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The Rowan Gorilla 2, on location at Sable Island in 1999. This is a jackup rig that has three legs that sit on the seafloor. It is drilling over the Venture Platform (yellow). After the wells are drilled the rig will leave, but  the Venture platform stays in place. A module will be put on top of the Venture platform for the production facility and worker  accomodation

The Rowan Gorilla 2, in Halifax Harbour, Canada, under tow to Sable island, in 1998.

Hoover Platform, in the Dianna/Hoover Field, 160 miles south of Galveston Texas. This is a floating platform. The design is like an huge elongated can, 700 feet deep. It is weighted at the bottom of the can and tethered to the sea floor with cables

Inside the doghouse. The various gauges tell the driller how fast the bit is turning, how much weight is applied to the bit, how much pressure the mud pumps are exerting and other things.

Rig workers go back and forth to the rig usually by helicopter. They work 1 to 4 weeks at a time. In northern areas workers are required to wear heavy insulated suits.

This is the drillfloor where the drilling is done. The white room is called the "doghouse" and is where the driller works. He controls all work on the drillfloor