The cherished target of two million tonnes of oil extracted in a year has been reached in Belarus. The same level of annual hydrocarbon ...

Oil is widely relied upon across numerous industries, but its extensive use, combustion and extraction processes have resulted in significant environmental pollution. Over the past 30 years, as an ...

A series of more than 100 small earthquakes in Surrey in 2018 and 2019 might have been triggered by oil extraction from a nearby well, suggests a new study. A series of more than 100 small earthquakes ...

On Jan. 10, 1901, at the Spindletop oilfield near Beaumont, Tex., a deafening blast rocketed a column of oil hundreds of feet into the air, wrecking a derrick. This gusher pumped out nearly 100,000 ...

Rigzone takes a closer look at the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association's (TIPRO) latest State of Energy report. Image by Dragon Claws via iStock The industry that paid the highest ...

Indonesia’s South Sumatra province was the site of some of the archipelago’s largest oil discoveries by U.S. and Dutch companies during the early 20th century. After many wells were abandoned in the ...