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 ...

The emerging Western Haynesville natural gas play is attracting major operators like Comstock with its highly productive wells, but its long-term viability hinges on reducing drilling and completion ...

Culver City has struck a deal with one of California's largest oil producers to end petroleum extraction and plug all wells within the city limits by the end of the decade—an agreement that ...

Deep under a quiet Oregon forest, engineers have tapped a pocket of rock so hot it reaches roughly 752 degrees Fahrenheit, ...

Go deep beneath the surface and follow the complete journey of drilling a well, from setup and site prep to hitting water and ...

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.

A Rystad Energy analysis projects the number of oil and gas wells drilled globally will approach 55,350 this year. A Rystad Energy analysis projects the number of oil and gas wells drilled globally ...

Oil companies are drawing down their inventory of unfinished wells as they put off new drilling to satisfy investors who want to see financial discipline after the pandemic-driven oil bust. The Energy ...

There are a large number of methods commercially used to bore a hole into the ground for the sake of extracting drinking water, and the all require big loud equipment. But what if you just want a ...

US shale producers dramatically cut investment when oil prices collapsed last year, and – under pressure from investors – have remained exceptionally disciplined even with oil prices now above ...