The North Sea platform was the world's largest oil producer—but a routine shift change led to catastrophe.

The number of oil and gas rigs actively drilling in the U.S. jumped by 7 to 588, the count's 12th increase in 13 weeks, Baker Hughes said Friday in its latest weekly survey. The number of active ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the total rig count in the US to 551 ...

On a call with investors last week, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth summed up his plans for oil production in four words: "Steady as she goes." But some of the world's biggest oil companies, in their quarterly ...