Equinor has announced a new oil discovery near its Johan Castberg field in the Arctic Barents Sea, which is expected to boost ...

Equinor has struck oil in exploration well 7720/7-DD-1H, Drivis Tubåen, on the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea. The well was drilled in the Drivis structure on the Johan Castberg field in the ...

The oil firm Hilcorp is already conducting test wells on Alaska Native corporation land in the Yukon Flats region.

Tucked away in the rolling hills of Osage County sits Pawhuska, a place where the rush of modern life dissolves into the ...

Tucked away in the rolling hills of Osage County sits Pawhuska, a place where Oklahoma’s past and present dance together in perfect harmony along brick-paved streets beneath open prairie skies.

Pacer fans deserve thanks from Oklahoma City this week as they arrive for the NBA Finals. This week isn't possible without a ...

When oil wells, such as this one in Alberta, Canada, are abandoned and left unplugged they become “orphan wells,” that pose risks to nearby groundwater. Credit: Jason Woodhead, Flickr, CC BY 2 ...

The authors found that Pennsylvanian aquifers, which span several Appalachian states including Pennsylvania, present the “maximum confluence” of risk factors. The first oil wells in the country were ...

A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds that groundwater in Appalachia, the Gulf Coast and California is susceptible to contamination from orphaned oil and gas wells.

But none of the 1,070 wells in the Ada-Vamoosa have reported ages. For both aquifers, the vast majority of the wells were in undeveloped areas. But all the orphan wells on the Ada-Vamoosa and more ...