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WASHINGTON -- Shortly before Thanksgiving in 2010, the leaders of the commission President Obama had appointed to investigate the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico sat down in the Oval Office to brief him. After listening to their findings about the BP accident and the safety of deepwater drilling, the president abruptly changed the subject. "Where are you coming out on the offs...

Though economic and technical hurdles in the Arctic remain high, new data compiled by a Texas company offers up a game plan

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Shell plans to begin drilling test wells off the coast of northern Alaska in July, which would open a new frontier in domestic oil exploration.

CANTON, Pa. (AP) — State environmental regulators say methane had to be vented from a pair of private drinking wells near a northern Pennsylvania natural gas drilling well. The Department of Environmental Protection says gas bubbling has also been reported in wetlands near the homes in LeRoy Township, Bradford County. The DEP says the source of the methane hasn't bee...

Decision blasted for environmental sensitivity of area and the potential harm that drilling could cause to local residents.

While I offer no moral nor aesthetic judgment to would-be piercers, they should just be aware that today's trendy practices change in a blink. And while most piercings will close over time, there are medical risks.

But when I caught sight of the red-coated drilling platform in the South China Sea, I had to admit it was a marvelous scene.

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn't....

IRAQ reportedly extended an oil pipeline by drilling under Babylon's Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

A coalition of environmental and tribal groups filed a challenge to a federal air-emissions permit for a Royal Dutch Shell drilling ship, the latest legal maneuver aimed at stopping the oil giant's exploration plan off Alaska's Arctic coast.

Barth set a Buccaneers mark for field-goal accuracy in 2011, drilling 26 of 28, including his final 15 attempts of the season.

The University at Buffalo's Shale Resources and Society Institute today issued a report, "Environmental Impacts During Shale Gas Drilling: Causes, Impacts and Remedies," which offers the first quantitative data review of Pennsylvania's regulation of hydraulic fracturing of natural gas.

EXPLORATION GROUP Providence lost €5.2 million before tax last year as the company began a major drilling campaign off the Irish coast.

It’s not often that an iPhone app elicits disgust, but this is no ordinary iPhone app. The video above promotes a new app supposedly from She…

The surprising thing about the slump in drilling for natural gas is that has taken it so long, given what has happened to prices and to stockpiles.

Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon has personally earned over $100 million from sales of the company's drilling wells as part of a controversial compensation arrangement, the firm revealed Friday.

Houston (ots/PRNewswire) - Die eCORP Europe Holding Limited ("eCORP"), eine Tochtergesellschaft der eCORP International, LLC und die Advanced Drilling Solutions GmbH, eine angeschlossene Gesellschaft der BG Management Consulting ("ADS"), freuen sich bekanntzugeben, dass sie eine …

Drilling starts amid heightened tension over disputed waters with a month-long stand-off between Chinese and Philippine patrol ships

China's first deep-water drilling rig started operation in the South China Sea on Wednesday, marking "a substantial step" by the country's oil industry, a newspaper reported.

(Reuters) - Vermont will be the first state to outlaw a controversial oil and gas drilling method known as fracking when Governor Peter Shumlin signs a bill banning the practice, a largely symbolic move given the state's apparent lack of energy reserves.

Norwegian oil group says its drilling programme with Russia’s Rosneft is a high risk strategy in terms of geology and technology, but will be big if it succeeds

BEIJING (AP) -- China's first deep water oil drill is ready to start production in the South China Sea amid an ongoing standoff with the Philippines in another section of the contested waters....

Cole Hamels will begin serving his suspension immediately and can pitch again on Sunday.

THE Queensland Gas Company has suspended operations at one of its drilling rigs in the state's southwest after detecting a gas leak.

By Ayesha RascoeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration unveiled long-awaited rules on Friday to bolster oversight on public lands of oil and natural gas drilling using fracking technology that has ushered in a boom in drilling but also triggered environmental protests.Interior's proposal would update its decades-old fracking regulations with new reporting standards and a requirement th...

The Obama administration today proposed rules requiring the disclosure of fracking chemicals used in drilling on public and Indian lands.

Companies drilling for oil and gas on public lands must now identify the chemicals used. But in a concession to the industry, they do not have to make the disclosure until after drilling has begun.

Oil Ministry has served a notice on Reliance Industries disallowing $1.2 billion of cost recovery from eastern offshore KG-D6 fields for failing to meet drilling commitment.

Residents of Gush Dan region complain about chlorine-like smell; Tel Aviv police say no related injuries reported.

At Chesapeake Energy, the central problem is leverage, both in terms of debt and exposure to natural-gas prices.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- And the winner is: a man who drills his own holes in a frozen river to study the best conditions for hitting the jackpot in Alaska's biggest annual guessing game....

The Chesapeake Energy (CHK) board bowed to investor pressure today and agreed to end a special perk (“The Founder Well Participation Program”) for CEO Aubrey McClendon a year early. McClendon has come under fire for a clause in his contact that allows him to take 2.5% stakes in wells that the company is drilling, which [...]

Exxon Mobil said Friday it is abandoning its only exploration effort in the Santos Basin, epicenter of Brazil's offshore oil boom, an area where it has obtained mixed results amid tough drilling conditions.

Picking out just the right lamp can be taxing. There are color schemes to consider, general design, and Ikea is a festering hellpit. But word to the wise: if you decide to go the DIY route, don't do it by drilling holes in two WWII-era artillery shells. More »

Turkey begins drilling for oil and gas onshore in northern Cyprus despite protests from the Republic of Cyprus that the action is illegal.

A former BP drilling engineer was arrested Tuesday on charges of intentionally destroying text messages sought by federal authorities as evidence in the wake of the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, the Justice Department said. Read full article >>

After the drilling began on Terry Greenwood's farm, he says, "the water went bad -- it looked like iced tea".

Two years ago, 11 men lost their lives as a backlash of gas exploded into the night from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. In the ensuing months, roughly 5 million barrels of oil and more than 6 billion cubic feet of natural gas spewed into the ocean from the Macondo [...]

Home Counties campaigners are to launch series of protests against shale gas fracking to try to protect countryside from proposed drilling.

The Obama administration proposed new measures Tuesday to limit speculation in the oil markets, seeking to draw a contrast with Republicans who have been calling for more domestic drilling during a time of near record gasoline prices.

Donald Boesch argues that the lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill should be enshrined in legislation before they fade from memory.

Another poll shows increasing and strong interest among Americans in developing Green Technology and related technologies, as well as reduced interest in anti-environmental extremism and petrolatum-related efforts. Previously, we discussed the new poll by the Science Debate people, and now we have new information from the UT Energy Poll. The results are mixed, but interesting. In order of d...

ONE of the world's healthiest marine environments will be threatened by a major oil and gas drilling program, conservationists say.

Scientists say that recent drilling into the sediment of the Dead Sea indicates that it has recovered from several periods of dryness and very little rainfall in the ancient past, but warns that there's still cause for concern.

The question is whether Agora is a substantial enough acquisition to start closing Cairn’s valuation gap

Back in the early 1990s, I wrote an article for our old-school bOING bOING Web site about trepanation -- the ancient practice of drilling holes in your skull -- and its modern practitioners. Here's the article, titled "Head Like A Hole." Ever since researching that piece, I've continued to be fascinated with the history of [...]

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OH, this IS real life… People seem to be at their most HIGHlarious when high off of laughing gas/whatever drug the dentist uses when drilling out your wisdom teeth… Check out this North Carolinian girl discover she lives at Hogwarts and is really a wizard!! Hahahahahahah!!! We love the mother who was clever enough to videotape her daughter post-surgery, [...]

Le groupe israélien Delek Drilling se dit intéressé à investir dans le secteur de l'énergie en Grèce après sa récente coopération à Chypre pourvu que le gouvernement grec "crée un climat favorable" pour des investissements, a indiqué samedi le directeur du groupe. "Pour procéder à des forages...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was on track for pay raise that would have brought his salary on par with other Cabinet secretaries, until Sen. David Vitter gave him a quota. Until Salazar each month approved six new deep-water permits to allow exploratory oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Vitter would block the raise....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A federal appeals panel has upheld an important air-quality permit issued to Shell for planned oil exploration offshore in the Arctic Ocean, bringing the company closer to its goal of drilling wells this summer.

Tullow Oil, the Anglo-Irish firm behind the exploratory drilling, believe they may have tapped into reserves of light crude similar to that in neighbouring Uganda.

Locals, travel companies and the regional government of the Canaries all oppose prospecting so close to the popular holiday islands and fear an oil spill could ruin their tourism industry forever.

Oil has been discovered in Kenya after exploratory drilling by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil, President Mwai Kibaki says.

Tuscany International Drilling (TSX: TID), firma que concentra su actividad en Sudamérica, podría reforzar su presencia en Brasil, anunció su presidente y gerente general, Reginald Greenslade. "Aho...

President Obama is using his energy tour to make the case that oil drilling is at a record pace on his watch -- and it has little if any effect ...

Argentina says no to nationalization but then backtracks after controversial removal of drilling licenses

THE BOSS of the oil company planning to drill exploratory oil and gas wells in Dublin Bay says people should not be worried about its plans.

Brazilian prosecutors say they will bring charges against 17 executives from the US oil firm Chevron and a drilling contractor after a new leak.

Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman (pictured) said yesterday that the exploration and drilling activities are illegal since the area is contested.

WHEN IT comes to drilling for oil in the harsh and unpredictable Arctic, Shell has gone to the dogs, it seems. A dachshund and two border collies to be specific.

The explosion on April 20, 2010, on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers and spewed oil for 87 days. It soaked hundreds of miles of Gulf Coast shoreline in caramel-colored oil.

A big buyout caps a big week for Insight Venture Partners.

MILWAUKEE (AP) Derrick Rose faked like he was going to drive to the basket again, creating just enough of a cushion on defender Brandon Jennings. Then he slid to his left in a split second, drilling a winning shot at the buzzer.

After a yearlong oil drilling moratorium, BP and other companies have intensified exploration and production in the Gulf of Mexico, and drilling will soon expand to Mexican and Cuban waters.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - BP Plc has reached an estimated $7.8 billion deal with businesses suing over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the company said on Friday, but the oil giant still faces claims by the U.S. government, Gulf states and drilling partners.

BP PLC has reached an estimated $7.8 billion agreement with plaintiffs suing over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the company said on Friday, but it still faces claims by the US government and drilling partners.

BP PLC has reached a $7.8 billion agreement with plaintiffs suing over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a court order on Friday, but the company still faces claims by the U.S. government and drilling partners.

The Shell oil drilling ship targeted by "Spartacus" star Lucy Lawless and fellow Greenpeace activists set forth Tuesday on its mission to the Arctic.

The firm is weighed down by unprofitable casing drilling operations.

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- At least two gas wells near a community that's complained of sudden drinking water pollution had casing failures during the drilling process. A well casing is meant to prevent gas or other fluids from leaking into nearby aquifers....

The plant is a narrow-leafed campion grown in petri dishes from organic materials pulled from the banks of the Kolyma River in Siberia.

DRILLING services and products provider Boart Longyear has posted a record full year profit and expects further growth in the year ahead.

The accord along the maritime border in the Gulf of Mexico would potentially open more than a million acres to deepwater drilling.

Companies involved in the controversial process of fracking have a bad record in removing toxic waste associated with drilling operations, according to a leading opponent.

Controversial practice to extract shale gas ruled safe for surface water, but drilling activities still linked to contaminated water

MOSCOW  - Russian researchers said Monday that they had succeeded in drilling through four kilometres (2.5 miles) of ice to the surface of a subglacial Antarctic lake which could yield important scientific discoveries. Lake Vostok is the largest subglacial lake in Antarctica and scientists want to study its eco-system which has been isolated for hundreds of thousands of years under the ice ...

Russian scientists at Lake Vostok are "very, very close" to being the first to penetrate an Antarctic subglacial lake, news reports say.

Russian scientists have drilled into the vast, dark and never-before-touched Lake Vostok 2.2 miles below the surface of Antarctica, the state-run Russian news agency RIA Novosti said Monday. “Yesterday, our scientists stopped drilling at the depth of 3,768 meters and reached the surface of the subglacial lake,” the news agency quoted a source as saying. The team had “finally managed to pierce” ...

The team have been out of radio contact with anxious colleagues for six days - they are drilling into a lake buried deep beneath the Antarctic ice, one of the most alien and inhospitable places on Earth.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican on the Senate energy committee on Thursday acknowledged passing legislation to boost domestic energy production will be a tough task this year, even as Republicans maneuver to keep the focus on energy issues ahead of the November elections.

The team face a race to drill into Lake Vostok in Antarctica before the summer comes to an end in days. They hope to discover life forms which are unrecognisable in the modern world.

It's not just a bunch of windswept rocks and sheep - there's oil in the Falklands, enough perhaps for a real boom that could generate billions of pounds.

A massive drilling rig arrived Thursday in the Gulf waters north of Havana, launching Cuba's dreams of striking it rich with offshore oil.

I’m at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, where Apple (AAPL) is showing off the “2.0″ version of its iBooks application, which will allow for feature-rich books that can have interactive elements, as for example with textbooks that have activities for students. There are also some nice updates to the note-taking abilities of iBooks. You [...]

Bulgaria becomes the second European country after France to ban test drilling for shale gas using the controversial "fracking" method.

After Canada’s regulator changes drilling rules, energy giants team up to find oil and gas in the Beaufort Sea

Oil and gas firm Aminex has begun drilling an exploration well in Tanzania's Ruvama basin.

Not two years after the Deepwater Horizon debacle, the U.S. is proceeding with plans to expand oil drilling instead of pushing alternatives.As the 2010 Deepwater Horizon tragedy fades from public concern, its painful lessons seem to have been lost as well.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The owner of a northeast Ohio well used to dispose of wastewater from oil and gas drilling plans to remove material from it to help lower its inner pressure following 11 minor earthquakes....

A month after joining Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi in a televised call to fight climate change in 2008, Newt Gingrich pivoted to a much different message: Increase domestic drilling and block legislation aimed at implementing a “cap-and-trade” system to curb carbon pollution. “We could drill here, drill now and pay less,” Gingrich said in a May 2008 video for his now-defunct nonprofit group, ...

Over the last several years, vast amounts of natural gas have been found in the Marcellus shale that lies underneath vast areas of western New York, western and northern Pennsylvania, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. If geologists are right, the Marcellus shale could be the world’s second-largest natural-gas field in the world. The natural gas is held tightly trapped in the shale, but advan...

Rescuers on Monday said it would be a miracle if they found anyone else alive after a drilling rig sank with 67 people on board in the icy seas off Russia's far eastern coast, although the rig's owner said a raft had been sighted in the water.

Rescue workers have found a raft with up to 15 people aboard near an offshore Russian drilling rig that capsized in the Sea of Okhotsk -- but it was unclear if they were alive, officials said Monday.

Paramount Resources anunció hace unos días que organizaría sus activos en arenas petrolíferas y carbones bituminosos en una división llamada Pixar Petroleum. Además de Pixar, otras subsidiarias de Paramount incluyen a Fox Drilling y Summit Resources.

About 150 art experts sign a petition to stop the drilling into a Florence fresco which may be hiding a Leonardo Da Vinci work.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp will brief U.S. offshore drilling regulators on its recent oil spill off the coast of Brazil, an agency official said on Monday.

DENVER -- For opponents of the Colorado Avalanche, trips to Denver used to be like going to the dentist. You took your drilling, left the building feeling numb, and hoped the calendar didn't call for a return visit anytime soon.

The energy explorer will increase the drilling pace at Wattenberg.

Theo Walcott has revealed Fabio Capello's five-second plan to conquer Spain. Winning possession quickly is the key, according to the England winger, and Capello has been drilling this into his team.