The total includes 607 to drill new oil or gas wells, six to re-enter plugged wellbores, and 53 for re-completions, the RRC ...

Doc Lloyd, Daisy Bradford and Columbus Marion "Dad" Joiner pose for a photo. In 1930, Joiner uncovered the biggest oil field ...

Oil companies cheered Trump’s recent calls for a more streamlined process and a series of energy-related executive orders he ...

In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to the ...

But industry leaders have also been clear that these and other policy changes floated by Trump won’t lead to more drilling.

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Even as President Trump slashes support for wind and solar energy, another renewable energy source is finding unexpected ...

It took 2 years, but the Texas Railroad Commission has updated regulations for the disposal of brine, drilling mud and other waste from oil and gas operations.

Energy interests have eyed SW Florida's underground and underwater resources for decades. Will Trump’s return spark a new era ...

Standing in his living room, Richard Kabzems brandishes a thick binder stuffed with letters and notes of his two-year fight to stop fracking wells near his home in Farmington, B.C.

In essence, oil is just too cheap to justify more drilling. If prices do go up, companies are likely to tap into Permian Basin shale in Texas and New Mexico rather than seek offshore reserves ...