At the heart of the U.S. shale industry in Texas, oil production is climbing. But you wouldn't know that if you talked to ...

North America added six rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes’ latest North America rotary rig count, which was released on October 17. The total U.S. rig count increased by one week on week ...

Thirty years ago, Willie Cruz was shocked when he learned the Southern California oil refinery where he worked was shutting down.Cruz, now a 61-year-old living in Arizona, had spent five years working ...

US oil and gas drilling rig activity increased this week with the addition of 7 rigs, bringing the total working rigs to 549. This week’s count, however, is down 38 rigs from the comparable period a ...

Nigeria’s crude oil rigs have risen astronomically from eight to 69 in the past four years. The 762.5 per cent leap, said Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), indicates renewed ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States increased this week, with oil rigs rising for the third consecutive week. Weekly U.S. crude oil production saw a slight ...

Toby Doyle is affiliated with The University of Exeter. Eva Jimenez-Guri is affiliated with The University of Exeter. On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon ...

Despite a year-over-year decline, the North American drilling rig count increased by 7 this week, reaching 725. Oil rigs in Canada increased by 3, while the US added 2 oil-directed rigs. The drilling ...

The disaster began on the night of April 20, 2010, when the Deepwater Horizon rig burst into flames and killed the 11 men. The rest of the crew evacuated, but two days later the rig toppled into the ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday. The total rig count in the US rose to 537, ...

How could a state-of-the-art $350 million oil rig sink due to a simple maintenance mistake? This documentary explores the chain reaction aboard Brazil’s P-36 platform from a gas leak to an explosion ...