Archer, in collaboration with SLB, has been awarded an integrated plug and abandonment (P&A) contract with Equinor for the ...

Venezuela started shutting wells in a region that holds the world’s largest deposits of oil in the face of a blockade by the Trump administration meant to financially squeeze the nation. Petroleos de ...

An emergency remediation project to cap a methane leak from an “orphan” oil well in Newport Beach has hit an unexpected snag, as construction crews have experienced complications with infrastructure ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Justice is accusing three people of a fraudulent oil well scheme. The NMDOJ said Everett Grey II, Robert Stitzel, and Marquis Gilmore Jr. avoided ...

Staff file photo / Ed Runyan This image from September shows the Wehr Spring Valley Farm oil and gas well in Ellsworth. It achieved good results in its first three months of production, increasing ...

An emergency repair to cap an abandoned oil well leaking oil and methane gas under a house on the Balboa Peninsula is taking longer than expected due to unforeseen technical challenges encountered ...

Venezuela may be forced to start shutting in oil production as it runs out of storage space amid the U.S. tanker blockade, Bloomberg has reported, citing unnamed sources. According to the sources, the ...

MALVERN, Ohio (WOIO) - An oil well pad exploded Tuesday morning in Carroll County, sending thick black smoke into the sky. The explosion occurred around 7 a.m. on June Road in Malvern. The fire ...

To the editor: The county should be applauded for suing the owners of idle oil wells who have allegedly failed to plug their wells as required by law (“L.A. County sues oil companies over unplugged ...

2:47 p.m. Dec. 12, 2025: An earlier version of this story said California law defines “exhausted wells” as those that have yielded an average daily production of two barrels of oil or less. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pumpjacks in the Inglewood Oil Field operate in close proximity to homes in September 2024. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) For ...