The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that ...

On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the sky and land on the upper reaches of the platform. There were thousands of ...

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 ...

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 ...

A study of migratory hoverflies on a North Sea oil rig has revealed their vital role as long-distance pollen transporters. Researchers studied 121 marmalade hoverflies that landed on an oil rig in the ...

At Houston’s CERAWeek conference last March, ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance was giddy with optimism. Lance called the energy team assembled by President Trump the best “we’ve had in decades,” and ...

North American drilling activity increased the week ended Sept. 5, with a total of 718 rotary rigs working in the US and Canada, Baker Hughes officials reported Friday. An increase in rigs in Canada ...

An insurance underwriter who claimed he was sacked for exposing a fraudulent oil drilling claim has lost his whistleblowing case, but succeeded in showing that his dismissal was procedurally unfair.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its short-term energy outlook this week, predicting that oil prices will continue to slide into next year. Brent crude, which averaged $71 per ...

Activists from Greenpeace have scaled a gas rig in the North Sea, erected a 1,000-square-foot roll of canvas across its side, and sprayed it with hundreds of gallons of blood-red liquid in an art ...

President Trump's pledge to "drill baby drill" during his second term is not playing out in the oil patch or fracking zones, with rig counts down since Inauguration Day, according to energy technology ...