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.

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 ...

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.

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

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.

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.

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 ...