Drilling for oil has been going on in the US for over 150 years. Across the country we have bored millions of holes in the ground to pump the liquid gold that has fueled the country's energy appetite.

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that ...

The U.S. oil industry probably passed the low point in the current cycle in July and August, with drilling rates set to start ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. — The San Juan Basin, in the northwestern part of the state, is one of the oldest federal lands drilling areas in the U.S. It's a huge swath of barren, brown high desert that first ...

Communities across California, from Los Angeles to the San Joaquin Valley, have fought for more than a decade to stop oil companies from drilling in their neighborhoods and spewing health-damaging ...

Oil and gas producers will need to step up drilling to sustain or increase output due to rapid declines in production from ...

A person looks over the immense Chevron Kern River Oil Field from the Panorama Bluffs in Bakersfield in 2023. Robert Gauthier Los Angeles Times Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to rack up a laundry list of ...