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Trump wants more drilling, but the oil market is already saturated
Oil companies cheered Trump’s recent calls for a more streamlined process and a series of energy-related executive orders he ...
This Alabama national forest is ‘spectacularly diverse’—and Big Oil sees it as a prime target for new drilling
In the final days of the Biden administration, officials started soliciting public opinion on future oil and gas development ...
What do plans to resume drilling for oil in Ogoniland mean for people there?
The campaigns he led saw the exploration of crude oil stopped in Ogoniland, in the country’s Niger Delta region, after it became clear oil spills had extensively polluted rivers and farmland, ...
US and international oil producers are pushing back on the Trump administration's plan to pump more crude
Neither OPEC nor US shale firms appear willing to increase oil supply, despite President Trump's pledge to bring down energy ...
New Interior secretary orders review of monuments, public lands closed to mining, drilling
In one of his first secretarial orders, Doug Burgum ordered staff to review public lands with an eye toward opening them to ...
Will oil boom hit SW Florida? What 'Drill, baby, drill' might mean for Lee, Collier counties
Energy interests have eyed SW Florida's underground and underwater resources for decades. Will Trump’s return spark a new era of domestic drilling?
Bureau of Land Management, oil companies sued over drilling permits in San Joaquin Valley
A lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, and the California Asthma Collective, claims the expansion of oil in California's San Joaquin Valley ...
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Earthjustice Lawsuit Wants BLM to Stop Approving Kern County Oil Wells
Earthjustice attorneys said BLM violated state and federal law in approving 25 oil permits near Maricopa and four near Lost ...
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Burgum’s first order of business: Drilling, public lands and the ESA
The Interior secretary signed orders to increase energy production, review Biden public lands efforts and slash regulations.
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North Dakota bill seeks to expand state's oil footprint with tax breaks
A bill seeks to encourage drilling for oil outside of North Dakota’s highly productive Bakken Formation and take advantage of ...
Texas drilling permit and completion statistics for January 2025
The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 666 original drilling permits in January 2025. The total includes 607 to drill new oil or gas wells, 6 to re-enter plugged wellbores, and 53 for ...
Bill seeks to expand North Dakota’s oil footprint with tax breaks
A bill seeks to encourage drilling for oil outside of North Dakota’s highly productive Bakken Formation and take advantage of ...