HOUSTON — Injury claims, government data and public records of oil field accidents since the start of the onshore drilling and fracking boom in 2007 show the federal government failed to implement ...

America’s most productive oil patch is now grappling with a problem it cannot drill its way out of: mounting underground ...

REEVES COUNTY, Texas — A deadly explosion at a fracking site in Reeves County Monday night has raised serious concerns about worker safety in the oil and gas industry. One worker lost his life, and ...

The Base Manager of the Kolmani Oil Field, Unnikrishnan Ordinat, on Thursday, paid a courtesy visit to the Gombe State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, as part of efforts to ...

Have you or someone you know been hurt while working in the oil field? Oil field jobs are physically demanding and come with a high risk of accidents due to the challenging working conditions. When a ...

BISMARCK – To monitor crude oil stored on well sites, workers often must climb atop large tanks to open them. “When you first crack open that tank, you’re going to get a pretty heady plume,” said Eric ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference in September where he signed legislation related to oversight of oil and gas wells. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) The owner of the Inglewood Oil Field ...

At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was pilfered. The Winkler County ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is calling for a series of reports to identify potential gaps in public safety related to oil drilling operations during a continued phase-out of such ...

MYTON, Utah (KUTV) — An oil hauler was severely burned in a Duchesne County oil field explosion. The incident occurred in Myton, Utah, at Uinta Wax Operating on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 14.

Questions still stir more than two years after the death of a young mechanical engineer near Alaska’s North Slope oil fields. Colby Lord, 23, suffered a severe skull fracture on April 15, 2023. A ...

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