When a Texas oil company first announced controversial plans to reactivate three drilling rigs off the coast of Santa Barbara ...

Did you know that after the completion of the construction of one of the tallest buildings in the world - the Empire State Building - many people were afraid to get close to it? They believed that a ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States stayed the same this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday.

The Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) has reportedly entered into two agreements to acquire advanced offshore drilling rigs ...

The overall drilling rig count in North America is down 7 units to 717 the week ended Aug. 1, with drops in oil-directed rigs accounting for much of the decline. The overall drilling rig count in ...

US operators return to the record books. June output topped 13.6 million barrels a day according to the latest government updates. Crude output this week came close to another record. At 13,639,000 ...

Why it matters: Active and idle oil wells are widespread across L.A., but they’re disproportionately concentrated in low-income communities of color. Research has found that living near oil drilling ...

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating, the first reduction in six weeks, energy ...

Florida House unanimously approves bill banning oil drilling near Apalachicola River. The bill now moves to the Senate, where a similar but less restrictive bill awaits. Both bills aim to protect ...

Top-paid oil rig operaters earn more than $89K. June 16, 2010 — -- The oil industry may be a magnet for controversy in the U.S. right now, with crude continuing to gush from BP's ruined deep ...