Questions still stir more than two years after the death of a young mechanical engineer near Alaska’s North Slope oil fields. Colby Lord, 23, suffered a severe skull fracture on April 15, 2023. A ...

Bryan Goode and his coworkers perform demanding, hazardous jobs producing oil in one of the most unforgiving places on earth. They work on Alaska’s North Slope, above the Arctic Circle, logging 12- to ...

Even with oil prices climbing, people in West Texas say it doesn’t feel like the start of another boom, at least not yet.

Texas oil and gas field employment slipped over the summer as crude prices hovered just above break-even levels and global supplies stayed abundant. Nearly 3,000 upstream workers, about 1.5% of the ...

About 250 oil field workers with ConocoPhillips’ North Slope operations in Alaska voted Monday to unionize, amid concerns that included the company’s global layoffs, a person involved in the effort ...

A Texas oil field worker has been detained in one of Mexico’s most dangerous prisons for nine months after crossing the border in an “honest accident” — while his family pleads for his safe return.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As the end of drilling nears at the century-old Inglewood Oil Field, officials and communities debate whether its ...

A global diaspora of oil workers holds the key to the country’s recovery, but many still don’t trust the government.