The inevitable advance of technology and automation has upended industries such as car manufacturing and food processing. Now robotics is making its way into the oil fields by helping drilling ...

Exploration and production companies in Texas last year recovered less than a third of the jobs lost during the pandemic-driven oil crash. Since pandemic-related job losses stopped in September 2020, ...

On a drilling rig towering above quiet cattle farms in Southeast Texas, Eric Williams perched inside the cabin of the 16-story machine, twisting a pair of joysticks to guide a gigantic wrench roaring ...

The Obama administration’s deepwater drilling moratorium could cut net oil and gas spending on the Gulf Coast by $1.8 billion and temporarily cost 8,000-12,000 jobs, an administration official told ...

Recently, gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell and other Republicans in Virginia (including my opponent) have been saying that we should ask the federal government for permission to let oil companies ...

The robot on an oil drillship in the Gulf of Mexico made it easier for Mark Rodgers to do his job stringing together heavy, dirty pipes. It could also be a reason he's not working there today. The ...

Southwestern Energy is cutting 1,100 employees amid financial struggles in an oil and gas market showing no signs of recovery. Some 200 jobs will be cut in northeastern and southwestern shale areas of ...

KUALA LUMPUR: UMW Standard Drilling Sdn Bhd has been awarded a US$41.5mil (RM126.8mil) contract by Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd for the provision of jack-up drilling rig “Naga 3”. The Naga 3 jack-up rig ...

The Issue: The New York Times’ coverage of the possibility for hydraulic fracturing in upstate New York. In light of the success with fracking in neighboring Pennsylvania, The New York Times should be ...

How many jobs will the North American oil and gas boom create? Environmental concerns certainly loom large in the public’s mind, but in the recent economic environment creating jobs remains a pressing ...