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oil and gas production

White House’s ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Wartime Mandate Meets Volatile Market Reality

At CERAWeek, Energy Secretary Chris Wright urges a patriotic surge in oil production, but industry titans warn that the U.S.-Iran war has fractured the global energy map beyond the reach of a quick fix.

By Katie Surma

 Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks to the attendees at S&P Global’s CERAWeek in Houston on Monday. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images
A view of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Credit: Bureau of Land Management

A Little-Used Maneuver Could Mean More Drilling and Mining in Southern Utah’s Redrock Country

By Georgina Gustin
A commercial ship anchors off the coast of the United Arab Emirates due to navigation disruptions on Monday in the Strait of Hormuz, Dubai. Credit: Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images

War in Iran Could Have ‘Historic’ Disruptions on Energy Markets

By Nicholas Kusnetz
An oilfield operation is seen on leased land managed by the BLM’s Bakersfield office in Kern County, California. Credit: Jesse Pluim/BLM

Will Trump’s Push to Drill on California Public Lands be More Successful This Time Around?

By Blanca Begert
Machinery transfers coal at a port in China’s Chongqing municipality on April 20. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

Top Fossil Fuel Producing Nations Plan to Blow Past Climate Targets

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Bureau of Land Management employees check on an oil and gas development site on public land in Colorado. Credit: BLM Colorado

BLM Calls New Oil and Gas Rules ‘Noncontroversial,’ Exempts Them From Public Comment

By Jake Bolster
Pumpjacks operate on public land leased to oil and gas developers in Wyoming. Credit: BLM Wyoming

USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey

By Jake Bolster
The development of a pipline system is seen in an oil field in the Permian Basin of New Mexico. Credit: Sherman Hogue/Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico

Bureau of Land Management Trims Environmental Review Before $20 Million Oil and Gas Lease Sale

By Marianne Lavelle
An oil pump jack operates near a suburban neighborhood in Dacono, Colo. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

As Activists Mobilize Against Drilling, Oil and Gas Operators Sour on Colorado 

By Jennifer Oldham, Capital & Main
Oil and gas development within Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest could potentially put recreation areas like Blue Lake and Open Pond at an environmental risk. Credit: U.S. Forest Service

As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest

By Lee Hedgepeth

‘Amazon of the Seas’ Threatened by Oil and Gas Developments

By Teresa Tomassoni
At Raccoon Point, in the Big Cypress National Preserve, oil was detected in 1978. Production began in 1981, and the field was expanded in 1992. Credit: National Parks Conservation Association/LightHawk

Oil Drilling Has Endured in the Everglades for Decades. Now, the Miccosukee Tribe Has a Plan to Stop It

By Amy Green
Antelope graze near oil and gas wells on the Jonah Natural Gas Field south of Pinedale, Wyo. Credit: Glenn Asakawa/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Western Conservationists and Industry Each Tout Wins in a Pair of Rulings From the Same Court

By Jake Bolster
Natural gas is flared off during an oil-drilling operation in the Permian Basin in Stanton, Texas. A new study examined flaring and venting during oil and gas production. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Flaring and Venting at Industrial Plants Causes Roughly Two Premature Deaths Each Day, a New Study Finds

By Victoria St. Martin
Fracking fluid and other drilling wastes are dumped into an unlined pit located right up against the Petroleum Highway in Kern County, California. Credit: Sarah Craig/Faces of Fracking

Unchecked Oil and Gas Wastewater Threatens California Groundwater

By Liza Gross

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