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A bill preventing future presidents from unilaterally banning hydraulic fracking is on its way to the Senate after passing ...

Growth in oil output from the U.S. Permian basin, the country's top oilfield, is expected to slow by at least 25% this year ...

Environmentalists are worried the state — known for a lax approach to regulation — is not prepared for the added ...

Scott Mason IV is the new administrator for the EPA region, which covers Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and ...

President Donald Trump’s aggressive focus on fossil fuels may signal a major setback for the clean energy transition. We ...

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

U.S. crude oil production fell by 122,000 barrels per day in November to 13.314 million bpd, down from a monthly record high ...

Prairie Operating said the acquisition substantially increases its in oil-weighted production and provides immediate scale ...

Exxon Mobil’s fourth-quarter adjusted profit managed to beat Wall Street’s expectations, as the oil and gas company increased ...

Scott Mason IV is the new administrator for the EPA region covering Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and 66 ...

It was the first time in 12 years that Arlington opened land for fracking. TotalEnergies will drill 10 new gas wells amid an ...