An 82-year-old oil well that broke loose last month and spewed oily water into the fragile coastal marsh of Plaquemines Parish will be permanently shut and sealed off, the owner-operator said ...

Attempts to compare oil well and lithium mine are flawed since one is used to produce energy and the other to store it, experts say.

State oil and gas regulators have released a series of photos of a Kern County well site where about 800,000 gallons of crude oil and water have spilled from a Chevron well site.

Absorbent bales can be seen around marsh islands and shores. A mix of oil, gas and water is spewing from an 82-year-old oil well near Garden Island Bay in southern Plaquemines Parish.

Edmond firefighters were called to Kelly and Covell Wednesday afternoon after several reports claiming a white vapor-like cloud filled the air.

Aug. 27, 1859: Edwin Drake strikes oil in Pennsylvania with the first commercial well in the U.S.

The oil industry has always been a major part of Texas history and now you can look back at some historical photos showing what it used to look like 100+ years ago.

A sinkhole in Upton County formed around an oil well that was plugged in the 1970s. The property owners and visitors stand on the edge of the sinkhole's far side. (Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate ...

Workmen using pitchforks, rakes and shovels attempt to clean up oil-soaked straw from the beach at Santa Barbara Harbor, Calif., Feb. 7, 1969. The oil, leaking from an off-shore well for over a ...

An 82-year-old oil well that broke loose last month and spewed oily water into the fragile coastal marsh of Plaquemines Parish will be permanently shut and sealed off, the owner-operator said ...