Greenpeace has been ordered to pay more than $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer Partners LP after the Texas-based oil ...

The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin.

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

The sinkhole, which is so wide and deep that it could comfortably contain a four-story building, is feared to still be ...

Law enforcement in West Texas say they don’t have enough manpower to deal with the rise in oil thefts in their communities.

A sinkhole around an old oil well is growing at an alarming rate on the Kelton Ranch in West Texas. Radford Grocery #17 was ...

AUSTIN New data from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) indicate that upstream oil and natural gas employment grew by 2,500 ...

“I assumed somebody would be making sure we were safe.” The oil and gas industry has long been a cornerstone of the Texas economy, and has brought a flood of new jobs and money to the Permian ...

The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin. A sinkhole in Upton County formed around an oil well that was plugged in the ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state Legislature has endorsed a bill that would raise royalty rates for new petroleum development ...

Month after month, Texas keeps breaking its own employment records. January was no different, according to employment data ...

Oil is a global commodity. It also has different chemistries throughout the world, depending on how it is matured, sourced, originated, and stored in the reservoirs below the surface.