Trying to manipulate the oil futures market may seem like a quick fix for high fuel prices, but it’ll warp price signals.

But at just 35 miles wide, it did. It’s just the latest evidence of how dependent the global economy is on a handful of choke ...

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for the first time ​in three weeks, energy ...

For more than a century, Iran has occupied a powerful place in the western imagination, characterized as a volatile region that sits atop vast oil reserves.

Oil markets will continue to react to geopolitical developments, but the fundamentals remain the same: supply, demand, and the world’s need for dependable energy.

Offshore oil rigs are among the most complex structures ever built, designed to operate in some of the harshest conditions on Earth. This video explores how engineers design, transport, and assemble ...

In 1988, Piper Alpha became the scene of the worst offshore oil disaster in history when a chain of explosions turned the giant North Sea platform into a collapsing firestorm. Helicopter footage ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle ...

U.S. crude oil recorded its biggest weekly gain on record, dating back to the inception of the West Texas Intermediate oil contract in March 1983, as the escalating Iran war threatens global energy ...

Oil prices surged after President Donald Trump demanded unconditional surrender from Iran. Qatar's energy minister, Saad al-Kaabi, told The Financial Times that Gulf exporters would halt production in ...

In New Hampshire, just off the western shore of the vacation destination Lake Winnipesaukee, there’s a town called Laconia. With a population somewhere south of 17,000, it’s barely a blip on a ...