US oil group expands in Russia as Western rivals leave, FT reports

SLB, the world's largest oilfield services company, signed new government contracts and posted over 1,000 job postings in Russia within the last year.

Bidirectional Data Transfer Through Mud?

We take easy communications for granted these days. It’s no bother to turn on a lightbulb remotely via a radio link or sense the water level in your petunias, but how does a drilling rig sens…

Mining And Refining: Fracking

Normally on “Mining and Refining,” we concentrate on the actual material that’s mined and refined. We’ve covered everything from copper to tungsten, with side trips to more …

$8.6 Million Shell Lawsuit Threatens Greenpeace's Ability to Protest

"I will stand up in court and fight this; and if Shell refuses to stop drilling, I refuse to stop fighting for climate justice," one activist named in the suit said.

A Pennsylvania study suggests links between fracking and asthma, lymphoma in children

Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are adding to a body of evidence suggesting links between the natural gas industry and certain health problems.

Greenpeace boards, occupies Shell vessel with demand: Stop drilling, start paying - Greenpeace Philippines

AMSTERDAM (1 February 2023) — Greenpeace International activists hailing from climate-impacted countries on Tuesday have boarded a Shell contracted vessel in the Atlantic Ocean, with a banner bearing the message:…

Victory! L.A. Will Ban All New Oil Drilling and Phase Out the Rest

Thanks to years of community organizing, L.A. has banned all new oil drilling and will phase out all drilling in the coming years.

Drill Press Piece Fastening 101

What are the options you have for securing your workpiece to the drill press table? [Rex Krueger] shows us that there’s plenty, and you ought to know about them. He goes through the disadvant…

Big Oil and Conservatives Are Using Russia’s Conflict to Call for More Drilling

It took big oil cronies less than 24 hours after Russia invaded Ukraine to call for more drilling.

Opinion | Biden Issues More Gas and Oil Drilling Permits Than Trump in His First Year

"Aggressive executive action is warranted at this point. The Gulf lease-sales must be canceled. New fees on the worst polluters could significantly diminish greenhouse gases. It is also imperative that the fossil fuel industry's tax breaks be...

Footage of Offshore Oil Accident Highlights Risks of Deepwater Drilling

Video footage obtained by DeSmog shows an offshore oil drilling incident in which heavy equipment fell from a drillship onto an oil and gas wellhead deep below the ocean’s surface.  The three short clips offer those on land an unusual window into...

Federal Safety Agency Underreporting Deaths of Offshore Drilling Industry Workers - Validated Independent News

According to an August 2021 article by the Energy News Network, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Agency (BSEE) underreported offshore

'Major Victory for Indigenous Peoples' as Ecuadorian Court Rejects Drilling in Protected Area

"It is also a reminder for oil companies and investors that expanding oil extraction in Ecuador's Amazon is a risk and full of potential legal liabilities," said Amazon Watch's climate and energy director.

Biden Outpaced Trump on Drilling Permits in First Year

"Avoiding catastrophic climate change requires ending new fossil fuel extraction," said one advocate, "but Biden is racing in the opposite direction."

Green Groups Urge Biden to 'Do Much More' to Stop Arctic Drilling

"We applaud the Biden administration for walking back Trump's disastrous assault on Alaska's public lands," but "it's not enough to go back to the Obama-era status quo."

Living Closer to Oil and Gas Drilling Linked to Higher Risk of Pregnancy Complications, New Study Finds

Living near oil and gas drilling may increase pregnant women’s risk of developing gestational hypertension and eclampsia, according to a new study. “We observed for those pregnant women within one kilometer of drilling that there’s about a 5...

Green Group Launches Suit Over Biden Administration's Failure to Protect Polar Bears From Arctic Drilling

"Every new oil well in the Arctic is another step toward the polar bear's extinction," says Center for Biological Diversity attorney Kristen Monsell in announcing the launch of a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its alleged failure to...

Biden Administration Is Approving Oil and Gas Drilling at Faster Rate Than Trump

The Biden administration has approved more permits per month on average than Trump did in 2017, 2018 or 2019.

Biden Drilling Report Blasted as 'Shocking Capitulation to the Needs of Corporate Polluters'

"Greenlighting more fossil fuel extraction, then pretending it's OK by nudging up royalty rates, is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic."