A Times-Picayune analysis found that more than 3,600 oil wells drilled on land or in marsh are now in open water. To do so, the newspaper used the U.S. Geological Survey’s historical shoreline maps.

The geology and science behind oil drilling can be quite interesting and important for understanding which companies are the right fit for your investment. When people talk about oil drilling, many of ...

Mikeal Berthelot, Jr., was navigating the mouth of the Mississippi River in his shrimp boat, a stretch of water he’d traversed many times before. The water was calm. The sun beat down. His deckhand ...

Off-shore oil drilling currently accounts for over 35% of the world's total oil production, and that number has consistently risen over recent history. While a majority of oil extraction takes place ...

Try as so many private and government organizations might, switching everywhere on Earth over to clean, renewable energy — including some strange sources being explored — is still a long way away.

The Permian Basin Petroleum Association says there is an encouraging amount of oil and natural gas drilling in the Basin and other experts report that the wide array of factors at play brews a great ...

US President Donald Trump promised to ‘drill, baby, drill’. After a year in office, the US oil rig count is steadily ...

With two weeks left in office, President Joe Biden is ending his presidency the same way he started it: halting oil production. On Monday, he announced a ban on offshore oil and natural gas drilling ...

Going against conventional wisdom, explorers at a Norwegian energy company drilled horizontally to find oil in an abandoned natural gas field. A model of a giant rig called the DeepSea Stavanger that ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. When a Texas oil company first announced controversial plans to reactivate three drilling rigs off the coast of ...

The Oil and Gas Leasing Program includes six lease proposals to drill for oil and gas off the coast of Northern, Central and Southern California. The Administration’s plan proposes opening vast ...