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The oil rig count in the US increased by 1 this week, oilfield services company Baker Hughes data showed Friday. The number ...

The rig count in the Permian Basin was down three this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 301 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 316 rigs were active in the region.

Sheriff A.J. 'Tony' Smith hosted a two-hour boat ride to explain why North Florida is no place for oil drilling.

The U.S. oil rig count increased by seven ... Oklahoma added five rigs and West Virginia added one rig, while New Mexico and Utah each dropped one rig. A major basin variances subcategory included ...

Oil prices will likely slip this year, the director of North Dakota's state oil regulator predicted, amid uncertainty ...

Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is unchanged from last week ... The regional benchmark Plains-West Texas Intermediate Posting ended Friday at $63.66 per barrel, up 14 cents from last Friday ...

The number of oil rigs in the US decreased by one during the week ended Friday, according to data compiled by energy services company Baker Hughes (BKR). The count for oil dropped to 486, while gas ...

US crude prices eked out a weekly gain of 14 cents a barrel, with the near-month NYMEX contract for light sweet crude closing ...

Baker Hughes said oil rigs rose by seven to 488 this week, their highest since September, while gas rigs fell by two to 99. Drillers added five rigs in Oklahoma, bringing the total count to 49, the ...