The Department of Environmental Conservation said it has been unable to get close to the wreckage due to worries that metal from Rig 26 might fall on response team members.

Cleaning up oilfield pollution in arid West Texas is costly and complicated. The bankruptcy process allows companies to move ...

Idled oil rigs off the California coast could be back up and running soon if the federal government has its way. The Trump administration recently proposed a plan to open up the entire coast to new ...

Ukraine struck three Russian oil rigs operating in the Caspian Sea on Sunday following Moscow’s large-scale bombardment over the weekend that left thousands without heat or power in Kyiv. Footage ...

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Footage released by Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) revealed the moment Kyiv launched three separate explosive drones overnight targeting drilling platforms belonging to Lukoil, one of ...

Oil rigs, particularly the offshore type, are one of the most fascinating parts of the global energy industry. How do they work? How big can they get? Do they float on water? It's not surprising that ...

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Brent crude oil prices fell to below $60 a barrel on Tuesday, the lowest since May, amid investor optimism over progressing peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and a wave of oversupply hitting ...

North America's rig count stayed flat week on week, according to Baker Hughes' latest North America rotary rig count. North America’s rig count stayed flat week on week, according to Baker Hughes’ ...

The rig count in the Permian Basin was down two this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 249 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 304 rigs were active in the region. Nationally ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, after last week’s sharp decline. The total ...