AMES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - A study by Iowa State University researchers shows the viability of using bio-oils to plug abandoned oil wells, an application that could drive economic growth for ...

AUSTIN Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for June 2025 reported in the tables below came from 160,541 oil wells and 84,090 gas wells, a press release detailed. The RRC reports ...

Alberta’s oil production rose to a record 4.32 million barrels a day in July as oil sands companies boosted output from well sites to fill the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline. Output from the oil ...

STANLEY, N.D. — State environmental authorities are investigating an oil spill in northwest North Dakota. Hunt Oil recently reported to state officials that the 15,500-gallon spill happened Friday, ...

Injecting bio-oil made from corn stalks and forest debris into the deep shafts of abandoned crude oil wells could be a viable form of carbon sequestration, a new Iowa State University study found.

ConocoPhillips of Houston on Wednesday announced plans to reduce its global work force by up to 25 percent. By Rebecca F. Elliott In the last couple of years, the largest U.S. oil companies gobbled up ...

Pump jacks are seen at dawn in an oil field over the Monterey Shale formation near Lost Hills, California. David McNew TNS Thanks to electric vehicles, demand for oil has been steadily declining in ...

Colorado’s Energy and Carbon Management Commission recently announced that 33 oil and gas well operators would receive grant funding to cover the costs of plugging marginal natural gas wells, which ...

First responders look over the site of an explosion Monday at an orphan well in Independence Township within the Wayne National Forest. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday that ...

A leaking abandoned gas well in a Millcreek Township neighborhood is being sealed by the Department of Environmental Protection. The well is what's known as an “orphan well,” and there are tens of ...

Multiple people are seriously hurt after an oil rig explosion in Washington County, Ohio.Washington County is located in eastern Ohio, near West Virginia. According to the fire chief, at least six ...