U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for the first time in four weeks, with oil rigs dropping to a four-year low, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in ...

Oil companies have offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico in the first offshore lease sale in the ...

The number of oil and gas drilling rigs in the U.S. fell by 10 to 544, after rising for five out of the previous six weeks, Baker Hughes said Friday in its latest weekly report. In the shortened week ...

North American drilling activity posted an increase for the week ended Nov. 21, with 749 total rotary rigs working in the US and Canada this week. North American drilling activity posted an increase ...

The Trump administration announced new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades on Thursday, as President Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production, advancing a ...

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 by 5 to ...

Discover how human perceptions of height have evolved, from the awe and fear surrounding the Empire State Building’s 1250-foot peak to the astonishing scale of today’s offshore oil rigs. This video ...

A plan to expand oil and gas drilling, including seven areas in the Gulf of America off Florida, has been released by the Trump administration.

The Trump administration is proposing to open a large area of Florida's Gulf coast to offshore oil drilling. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis opposes the plan, citing a 2020 Trump memorandum that protected ...