A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz now ...

The sudden and acute disruption to Middle East oil supplies caused by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is forcing buyers to tap ...

Shell signed a ‌contract for geological exploration of the Zhanaturmys field in the Aktobe region in Kazakhstan, ​the country ...

Equinor Energy has awarded SLB an EPC contract to upgrade the subsea compression system at Gullfaks, featuring two advanced ...

Preliminary estimates placed the size of the discovery at 1.3-3.8 million oil-equivalent barrels, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate said. Image by Alvaro Victor via iStock Operator Equinor ASA and ...

Equinor and its partners have made an oil and gas discovery in a prospect near the Gullfaks field in the northern part of Norway’s North Sea, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate said on Monday. Equinor ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Inglewood Oil Field in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2026. (Jessie Alcheh/SFGATE) In "L.A. Confidential," Hollywood's pulpy ...

In “L.A. Confidential,” Hollywood’s pulpy adaptation of James Ellroy’s noir novel of the same name, simmering tensions come to a head at the fictitious Victory Motel. Near the end of the 1997 film, ...

Oil- and gas-producing regions in the continental United States are giving off up to five times more methane than the companies extracting them are reporting to government regulators 1. The finding ...

BP (BP) is searching for a partner to help increase production and share some costs at the Kirkuk oil field, and a process to identify potential investors is underway, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The ...

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria ’s state-owned petroleum company signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. and Qatar on Wednesday for the development of the country’s first offshore oil and gas field ...