The most viewed headlines from our Oil Gas Topic Page over the last 30 days.
Nov 21 2025 // President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday unveiled a plan for a dramatic expansion of oil and gas drilling rights auctions in U.S. waters, including in California, where state officials strongly oppose...
Nov 19 2025 // An oil tanker that was seized by Iranian forces last week has been freed but without its cargo, the vessel’s manager said.The crew of the Talara, which was captured on Friday, are safe and in good spirits, Columbia...
Nov 21 2025 // The Trump administration is proposing to open new areas off of California, Florida and Alaska to crude drilling as part of a draft blueprint released Thursday that would dramatically expand the sale of oil and natural gas...
Nov 12 2025 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a planned Trump administration proposal to sell new oil drilling rights off the U.S. West Coast “dead on arrival.”The draft proposal prepared by administration officials,...
Nov 18 2025 // A fatigue crack in the Keystone Pipeline led to an oil spill in North Dakota earlier this year that released thousands of barrels of oil onto farmland, according to the pipeline operator.In a quarterly report released...
Nov 17 2025 // Iranian forces seized an oil tanker sailing in the Gulf of Oman, diverting the vessel toward the country’s territorial waters on Friday after it passed the Strait of Hormuz, a US defense official said.The Marshall...
Nov 26 2025 // The Trump administration’s latest attempt to isolate Nicolás Maduro’s government further complicates day-to-day operations for foreign oil companies in Venezuela, experts say.On Monday, the administration...
Nov 24 2025 // Florida Republicans, including Governor Ron DeSantis, said they oppose a Trump administration plan that could allow new oil and gas drilling in waters off the state’s Gulf Coast.The reactions came in response to an...
Dec 1 2025 // An oil tanker carrying diesel suffered four external explosions near Dakar, Senegal, its manager said, the third vessel with links to Russia to have been struck over the last few days.Seawater entered the engine room of...
Dec 5 2025 // A pipeline owned by California Resources Corporation subsidiary Aera Energy spilled 96 barrels of produced fluid — a mixture of oil and water — early Friday morning at an oil field in Monterey County in...
Nov 24 2025 // United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement Saturday that pledged more funding for countries to adapt to the wrath of extreme weather. But the catch-all agreement doesn’t include explicit...