The energy giant has been weakened by years of mishaps and poor decisions, leading to rumors of a takeover that may not ...

The Trump administration announced a plan on June 17 to open nearly 82% of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and ...

Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the ...

The oil industry’s worst nightmare came true on July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha oil platform suffered a catastrophic explosion, leaving most workers trapped in an inferno at sea. This disaster led to ...

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes said Friday its weekly U.S. rig count sank seven rigs to 547, the lowest level since October 2021 and down 34 rigs or 6% from 581 rigs a year ago. For the month ...

The number of total oil and gas drilling rigs in the US dropped by 7 to 547, falling for the ninth consecutive week and hitting their lowest level since October 2021, Baker Hughes reported.

The National Transportation Safety Board says roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because operators failed to shut it down for ...

From poisoned workers to vanishing wetlands, the truth about BP’s toxic legacy in Louisiana is worse than you remember.

This summer Goliat, which belongs to the Italian oil company Eni Norge and to Norway’s own Statoil, will be towed 53 miles (85 kilometers) northwest to its permanent mooring, near where the ...

The total U.S. rig count is made up of 465 oil rigs, 98 gas rigs, and three miscellaneous rigs, according to Baker Hughes’ count, which revealed that the U.S. total comprises 511 horizontal rigs ...

The world's largest platform, the Berkut oil rig in the Russian Pacific, weighs about 200,000 tons. The Petronius, located 130 miles off the coast of New Orleans would be the fourth tallest ...

Long before offshore oil rigs are put together, much less sent out into the open ocean, they're expertly designed. Schematics are drawn up, and in many cases, engineers will take these plans and ...