Last December, a London-based energy company secured drilling rights to 67,000 acres in Montana for the paltry sum of $1.50 per acre – a steal compared to the $100 per acre average price tag for land ...

Land rig counts are up, independents are investing more in North America, and a new US Securities and Exchange Commission statement eases regulations for deep water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. US ...

Democratic presidential contenders split on “fracking bans,” but they almost universally support a ban on drilling for oil and gas on federal land. That hostility is angering industry and holds risks ...

The royalty rates paid by oil, gas and coal companies for the right to drill and mine on land owned by the public have not changed since 1920. By Coral Davenport Reporting from Washington The Biden ...

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On April 12, the Department of Interior released a new rule that will impose ...

The tight oil boom in the United States has been largely responsible for the present turmoil in the global oil markets. Average annual production growth in the U.S. has stood at about 1 million ...

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department on Friday recommended that the federal government raise the fees that oil and gas companies pay to drill on public lands — the first increase in those rent and ...

The Sierra Club says Pennsylvania agencies leasing public park and forest land for natural gas drilling are not in compliance with federal conservation law. The national advocacy group and its ...

In a filing to the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange dated January 1, 2026, ADNOC Drilling said its wholly owned subsidiary, ADH ...

An 18-wheeler spins its tires through snowy mud on an undeveloped well-pad in the Powder River Basin. In the bitter morning cold, workers in black overalls and face masks move gravel where oil tanks ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a 2020 Democratic hopeful, unveiled an ambitious proposal Monday aimed at protecting public lands and rolling back many of President Trump’s environmental policies.