U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a second week in a row to the lowest ...

Baker Hughes noted that oil rig numbers decreased by six to 472, while gas rigs saw a slight increase of one, reaching 99. In ...

I had an interesting conversation last week with one of our readers, Sal from Louisiana, who works on an offshore oil rig in the Gulf. This is certainly a "dirty job" but I was impressed by how ...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has issued five-year extensions for permits for a Louisiana company to operate a wildcat oil rig along the environmentally fragile Apalachicola ...

The ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling President Biden put in place on his way out of office doesn’t apply to federal ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Friday she is leading a coalition that is suing President Joe Biden over recent executive action that bans new oil and gas drilling off of most U.S ...

Drilling activity slumped for a second consecutive week, falling to the lowest level since December 2021. Oilfield services ...

The overall drilling rig count in North America is up 9 units during the week ended Jan. 17, with Canada’s double-digit ...

And in Louisiana, drillers cut one rig, bringing the total down to 29, the lowest since August 2020. The oil and gas rig count declined by about 5% in 2024 and 20% in 2023 as lower U.S. oil and ...