As President Donald Trump enters the first 100 days of his second term, he is once again making his stance on the oil and gas ...

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for the first time in three weeks, energy ...

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The number of oil rigs in the US decreased by two during the week ended Friday, according to data compiled by energy services company Baker Hughes (BKR). The count for oil dropped to 484, while gas ...

The fracking boom that resuscitated the Texas oil fields has also beaten up the infrastructure in the Permian Basin, the ...

On average, respondents expect a West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price of $68 per barrel at year-end 2025, slightly lower ...

Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is up one from last week at ... The regional benchmark Plains-West Texas Intermediate Posting ended Friday at $64.76 per barrel, up $1.10 from last Friday ...

Local leaders say the oil boom has caused strains that their city and county budgets can’t keep up with. Two West Texas lawmakers want to divert 10% of the roughly $8 billion that oil and gas ...

Spring in West Texas brings high winds and blowing dust ... noted that the company’s rigs are designed to operate in severe conditions. Their offshore rigs are designed to withstand hypothetical ...

Though it was small, the U.S. rig count posted its first rise in three weeks. Texas was down slightly, but Midland County ...

West Texas Lawmakers Push Bills to Divert Some Oil and Gas Taxes to Oil Patch Infrastructure Needs ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The fracking boom that resuscitated the Texas oil fields has also beaten ...