The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose by 1 this week, according to new data that ...

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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.

Nigeria’s upstream oil sector is showing strong signs of recovery, with a 66% surge in active oil rigs reflecting renewed investor confidence and the impact of sweeping reforms aimed at revitalising ...

If you've ever seen an offshore oil rig floating in the ocean, you've probably noticed those tall towers with flames shooting out of the top. Those towers are called the flare stack, and the flames ...

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

When you think about offshore oil rigs, what comes to mind is what you may have seen in movies — skeletal towers in the middle of a vast sea, some flares cutting through the darkness, and a crew that ...

A fire on an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has been extinguished, and officials say oil does not appear to be leaking from the facility. The U.S. Coast Guard is at the platform roughly ...

Ukrainian aerial drones struck a Russian oil platform in the Caspian Sea for the first time on Thursday, halting production ...

(Reuters) -U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a fourth week in a row for the first time since February, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed ...