The legal fight that gave name to “zombie wells” in Texas is winding to a close as Chevron finalizes a settlement out of court with the owner of Antina Ranch.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro claimed this week that the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela is primarily a quest for oil, not a war on drugs. Petro said that oil is “at the heart of the ...

As US military activity ramps up in the Caribbean and the Pacific, Colombia’s president alleged the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on Venezuela is more about accessing the South American ...

Trump wants to open offshore areas near California and Florida to oil companies. Politicians in these states are worried about huge leaks. It’s a fight that is about to get ugly. Douglas A. McIntyre, ...

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2025 issue. For 15 years, Debrah Linn and her children have raised chickens, miniature donkeys, pet geese, and, more recently, longhorn cattle on ...

MINOT — Why in the world would Sen. Kevin Cramer, life-long Republican from a coal and oil state, defender of the fossil fuels industries, be joining with a Rhode Island Democrat to push back on a ...

Richard Charter of Bodega Bay has spent his adult life protecting coasts and oceans, especially from the ravages of energy extraction. When crude oil starts pouring into the sea, his phone tends to go ...

A rivalry at the heart of Russia's oil trade is threatening the crucial operations the Kremlin relies on to fund its war in Ukraine, just as the US cranks up the pressure on Moscow. The two players ...

Is a newfound alliance between fossil fuel and agriculture already falling apart? That was the question buzzing in biofuel circles when the American Petroleum Institute announced Tuesday it no longer ...

A Houston oil company looking to produce oil offshore California found itself in a battle with Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this year. Now, the Trump administration is weighing in. Sable Offshore, ...

When the corroded pipeline burst in 2015, inky crude spread along the Southern California coast, becoming the state’s worst oil spill in decades. More than 140,000 gallons (3,300 barrels) of oil ...