In 1925, nowhere in the United States produced more crude oil than the Smackover oil field in southern Arkansas. At the time, wildcatters flocked to the region in pursuit of liquid gold. The boom was ...

Goehring & Rozencwajg: U.S. shale production peaked in late 2023 and is now declining. Geological depletion rather than market dynamics poses the biggest challenge. Novel technologies like CO2 ...

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn ...

LIMAU, Indonesia (Reuters) - In a muddy clearing in southern Sumatra, a portable diesel power plant hammers away alongside a wellhead, struggling to extract crude from a depleted reservoir that lies ...

Microbes can break down everything, including methane and plastic. Now, a start-up is pioneering their use to consume oil and produce clean hydrogen. Houston-based Gold H2 has completed a field trial ...

California Resources Corporation (CRC) has announced that it has received the nation’s first Class VI permits from the EPA for the underground storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in depleted oil and ...