The number of oil and gas rigs actively drilling in the U.S. remained unchanged at 551, Baker Hughes reported Friday in its latest weekly survey. During the week ended February 13, drilling rigs ...

A long history of underinvestment, extreme political risk, and organized crime. These are just some of the issues that U.S. oil and minerals companies might face if they were to set foot into ...

Inside Climate News reports that an oil rig fell over in the Alaskan Arctic and burned. This will raise the pitch of the debate over whether oil companies should be allowed to operate in that area at ...

The drilling rig toppled last week during ConocoPhillips’ winter seismic and exploration work. An oil rig traveling in the far reaches of Alaska’s North Slope crashed last week, renewing concerns ...

A winter oil-drilling campaign planned by ConocoPhillips will proceed without interruption despite the dramatic wreck of an oil rig over the weekend. Doyon 26, claimed to be the largest mobile oil ...

When ConocoPhillips won federal approval last year to explore for oil in the Alaskan Arctic, environmental groups warned the proposal was rushed through without adequate protections. Last week, an oil ...

The oil rig that crashed into the frozen ground on the North Slope near Nuiqsut Friday remains too unstable for responders to access the scene, state officials said. While no serious injuries were ...

A massive oil rig that tipped over and crashed to the tundra near the North Slope village of Nuiqsut on Friday was part of an ongoing and disputed exploration program in the National Petroleum Reserve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 26—A massive oil rig that toppled on the tundra near the North Slope village of Nuiqsut on Friday remained too unstable for ...

Ukraine said it hit a small oil refinery in southern Russia, the third attack this month on its foe’s fuel-producing industry. Explosions were recorded at the territory of the Slavyansk facility after ...

A hundred miles off the coast of Freeport, dive boats congregate around a series of oil platforms where amberjack and angel fish swim between 300-foot-tall pilings covered in coral. Andy Lewis, who ...