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

Here’s a look at oil spill disasters. Spill estimates vary by source. Ten Largest Oil Spills 1. January 1991 – During the Gulf War, Iraqi forces intentionally release 252-336 million gallons of oil ...

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.

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

The suit, filed in Alaska, is likely to be the first of many challenging the administration’s goal of expanding fossil fuel ...