As land is further developed in Los Angeles County, multiple sources need to shed light on oil well mapping, writes Richard White of LightBox. Oil pumpjacks near Fellows, California, in Kern County. A ...

A community downstream from Norman Wells, N.W.T., says it wants to see Imperial Oil destroy several artificial islands the company built decades ago for oil wells on the Mackenzie River. Sarah ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL — Anyone who has driven the back roads of southern and central Illinois is familiar with the sight of the oil pumpjacks that dot the landscape. Decades ago, it was common to see those ...

Canada saw $37.8 billion in 2025 deals consolidating oil sands control among a handful of major players.

By Mariela Nava , Marianna Parraga and Ana Isabel Martinez CABIMAS, Venezuela, Feb 19 (Reuters) - In September, a rig used to drill wells in shallow waters completed the long trip from China to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Inglewood Oil Field in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2026. (Jessie Alcheh/SFGATE) In "L.A. Confidential," Hollywood's pulpy ...

A 550-foot windowless tower in Manhattan was built to withstand nuclear impact. Leaked documents later revealed it functioned as an NSA surveillance hub collecting up to 1.8 billion emails per month.

From advanced nickel alloys to subsea monitoring systems, this article examines how materials science, surface engineering, ...

The Houston Chronicle, in partnership with Data Desk, used publicly available Railroad Commission data to map thousands of wells at high risk of leaking. While existing maps identify orphaned and idle ...

In “L.A. Confidential,” Hollywood’s pulpy adaptation of James Ellroy’s noir novel of the same name, simmering tensions come to a head at the fictitious Victory Motel. Near the end of the 1997 film, ...

U.S. presidents have long been accused of plotting to control foreign oil. But President Trump has asserted a U.S. right to take it. U.S. presidents have long been accused of plotting to control ...

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. In the summer of 2022, months after Tammy Boarman and her husband, Chris, moved into their newly built “forever ...