Oil companies experiment with virtual options

Published October 11, 2014 4:01pm ET



LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — The technology behind video games might save lives on oil rigs.

Workers at oil field service company Frank’s International have been experimenting with a virtual training program that enables workers to navigate the hazardous world of offshore work as though they were playing World of Warcraft.

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