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Oil rigs
More oil, fewer rigs: how the U.S. became the world's top producer
by
Henry Epp
Mar 5, 2024
New, more productive technology helped, along with pressure for profits.
Are there signs of a slowdown for U.S. natural gas?
by
Lily Jamali
May 17, 2023
The number of U.S. rigs has dropped along with natural gas prices. Here's what that means for the "shale revolution."
Strategic oil release comes with guaranteed buybacks, but will anyone do the drilling?
by
Andy Uhler
Oct 20, 2022
Oil companies have been hampered by labor and capital costs and $70 a barrel may not be enough to lure them.
Crypto miners use natural gas "stranded" in wells to power energy-hungry rigs
by
Andy Uhler
Mar 25, 2022
Usually the gas is burned off at the well. Environmentalists say using it for mining incentivizes more drilling.
The challenges of getting oil companies to decommission California's aging offshore oil rigs
Oct 7, 2021
While some lawmakers look to stop new drilling, the existing rigs are continuing to operate.
Rising crude prices are kick-starting the Kansas oil industry back to life
Oct 8, 2018
Low oil prices hit the state's mostly small producers hard. As a barrel of oil goes up, the industry is hopeful profits will start flowing again.
Trump moves to vastly expand offshore drilling off U.S. coasts
Jan 4, 2018
The new five-year drilling plan also could open new areas of oil and gas exploration in areas off the East Coast from Georgia to Maine, where drilling has been blocked for decades.
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Oil downturn takes men out of 'man camps'
by
Annie Baxter
May 12, 2015
Housing planned during North Dakota's oil boom is now short on occupants.