The oil industry’s worst nightmare came true on July 6, 1988. The Piper Alpha oil platform suffered a catastrophic explosion, ...

The earthquake struck an area where the Texas Railroad Commission has worked to curb wastewater injection -- a practice it links to a rash of earthquakes there.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

BP has reached an $18.7 billion settlement with the federal government and five states, effectively ending litigation stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and subsequent oil spill.

On the 2-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the scientists who flocked to the area in the spill’s aftermath reflects on the overall contribution ...

Brazilian regulators are cracking down on some offshore drilling by oil giants like Petrobras and Equinor ASA, complicating ...

U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for a fourth week in a row to the highest level since June, energy ...

More than 30 oil ships could be at risk of deadly accidents, including explosions, an investigation from The Associated Press found. The investigation, published earlier this week, examined a ...