Chris Lemons was a saturation diver for 10 years working on oil fields on the North Sea floor. Now, Lemons is a supervisor, who gives instructions to divers and is responsible for keeping them alive.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lead image: (Deep-sea diver welding underwater. Credit: SvedOliver / Shutterstock.) Chris Lemons, a saturation diver from England, ...

The Byford Dolphin drilling rig supported some of the most dangerous work in the offshore oil industry: saturation diving.

‘Last Breath’ is the fast-paced depiction of one diver’s harrowing ordeal on the sea floor when he’s cut-off from his crew. People do dangerous things, sometimes for sport, sometimes for money, but ...

Warning: This story contains spoilers for Last Breath. The only thing more shocking than Last Breath's ending is that it's all true. Director Alex Parkinson turned his 2019 documentary into a dramatic ...

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY PANAMA CITY — Since Monday, hyperbaric doctor Brad Hickey has been isolated from the outside world. Hickey and five others began a 500-foot descent Monday in the Ocean ...

For the U.S. Navy's 40 saturation divers, requalification on the Fly Away Saturation Diving System (SATFAD) here this week ensures the Navy retains its deep water recovery capability. The Sailors ...

This video dives into the extraordinary world of saturation diving, where crews live and work deep beneath the ocean for weeks at a time. It explores how divers perform complex construction and ...

Oct. 8 (UPI) --The Naval Sea Systems Command has approved the Navy's only Saturation Fly Away Diving System for sustained operations up to 30 days. The Saturation Fly Away Diving System, or SATFADS, ...