BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Kern County could see a significant increase in oil drilling activity starting in 2026, as new state legislation opens the door for thousands of additional wells and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Civitas Resources had been on a streak this year. State and county officials signed off on three of the oil and gas company’s proposed well pads — featuring ...

Staff file photo / Ed Runyan This image from September shows the Wehr Spring Valley Farm oil and gas well in Ellsworth. It achieved good results in its first three months of production, increasing ...

An emergency repair to cap an abandoned oil well leaking oil and methane gas under a house on the Balboa Peninsula is taking longer than expected due to unforeseen technical challenges encountered ...

The emergency repairs to cap an abandoned oil well in Newport Beach may miss its Christmas deadline, city staff said. Utilities director Mark Vukovich said crews need to install a much larger drill ...

Venezuela may be forced to start shutting in oil production as it runs out of storage space amid the U.S. tanker blockade, Bloomberg has reported, citing unnamed sources. According to the sources, the ...

MALVERN, Ohio (WOIO) - An oil well pad exploded Tuesday morning in Carroll County, sending thick black smoke into the sky. The explosion occurred around 7 a.m. on June Road in Malvern. The fire ...

To the editor: The county should be applauded for suing the owners of idle oil wells who have allegedly failed to plug their wells as required by law (“L.A. County sues oil companies over unplugged ...

2:47 p.m. Dec. 12, 2025: An earlier version of this article said California law defines “exhausted wells” as those that have yielded an average daily production of two barrels of oil or less. This ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. L.A. County is suing four oil companies for allegedly failing to plug at least 227 idle wells in the Inglewood Oil ...

AURORA, Colo. — State regulators have temporarily halted plans to develop new oil and gas wells near the Aurora Reservoir. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission voted 4-1 on Tuesday to ...