Since the 1850s, approximately 155,000 wells have been drilled in Illinois, mainly in the southern half of the state.

Even people farther away from oil operations aren’t safe. Smog from fossil fuel production blankets counties, burning people’s lungs with every breath. The air in Eddy and Lea counties violates ...

Transocean’s planned Valaris acquisition and expanding contract backlog are reframing its long-term earnings outlook.

Documents show the industry and regulators knew decades ago that injecting drilling’s toxic liquid leftovers underground wasn’t safe ...

U.S. shale producers are expanding overseas—from Argentina and Turkey to Australia and the UAE—as domestic shale basins ...

American Big Oil is returning to countries in the Middle East, Africa, and beyond to find new sources of oil and gas.

A massive Dallas-Fort Worth subdivision and a school have risen atop layers of oil and gas drilling waste. One worker who ...

Oil production was once a major industry in Illinois, but it has steadily declined since the 1950s. Most active wells in Illinois are “stripper” wells that produce less than 1.5 barrels per day.

Silence from a state ethics panel signals it rejected a complaint against Senate Energy Chair Brian Chavez over his private businesses.

ODNR reported 173 tremors in the past year in Southeast Ohio. Nine earthquakes have been reported in the region since the ...

Fracking exploration wells are likely to proceed in the Kimberley. Given how much more we know about the risks of fracking, ...