In its weekly release, Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI) reported a rise in the U.S. rig count (number of rigs searching for oil and gas in the country). This can be ...

Six Greenpeace activists who scaled a Shell ship defy injunction against them. — -- Six Greenpeace activists who brazenly scaled a Royal Dutch Shell oil drilling ship bound for the Arctic Monday ...

The protesters intercepted Transocean semi-submersible Polar Pioneer about 750 miles north-west of the island state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The rig was en route from Malaysia to Shell's base ...

Police have arrived at Woodside's work site north of Broome where two protesters have scaled drill rigs. The man and woman are protesting against the building of a $30 billion LNG processing precinct ...

I was there to peacefully protest against Shell’s plans to drill in one of the most remote, fragile and extreme places on Earth. We camped out on the rig for six days, communicating to the outside ...

Last week's US rig count restored confidence in energy production (Part 4 of 7) (Continued from Part 3) Horizontal rigs are at a record For the week ending September 12, 2014, the number of horizontal ...

Six Greenpeace activists scaled a Shell ship to fight drilling in the Arctic. — -- Six Greenpeace activists who brazenly scaled a Royal Dutch Shell oil drilling ship bound for the Arctic Monday ...

Weekly Summary: Rigs engaged in exploration and production in the U.S. totaled 1,972 for the week ended April 20, 2012. This was up by 22 from the previous week's count and represents the fifth ...