If you’ve ever winced at the gas pump or watched headlines about oil prices fluctuating wildly, you may have wondered: Should I be investing in oil? The truth is, oil remains one of the most powerful ...

A knee-high pipe sticking out of the ground not far from a school. A gurgle in a pond on rolling farmland. A patch of forest undergrowth hiding a long-forgotten, leaking oil well. Relics like these ...

A Iowa State University research program has identified corn stover as a useful material in sealing oil wells and ...

Maria Burns watched with satisfaction as a three-story-high drilling rig made a racket in her front yard. Normally, the loudest thing on this residential street in Ashland, Ohio, would be the barking ...

Full financial assurances from buyers for well clean-up costs have stalled all 37 proposed oil well sales in 2023. 41% of California's wells are idle or orphaned, with clean-up costs estimated at $2.8 ...

Escalating his fight against the fossil fuel industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills Wednesday that will shut down the sprawling Inglewood Oil Field by 2030 and ramp up fees that companies must pay ...