Neft Daşları, meaning “Oil Rocks,” was the world’s first oil-drilling platform. In recent decades, its population has dwindled, while sections have fallen into disrepair and been claimed by the sea.
State officials say they are struggling to comply with Interior Department requirements for $4.7 billion of funds meant to help plug old oil and gas wells that have been abandoned for decades.
Unable to keep up with the growing number of leaking and erupting wells in the state’s oil fields, the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, has asked lawmakers ...
With the euro zone ending purchases of Russian oil as part of the sanctions imposed on it, India has emerged as one of the top exporters of refined products to the bloc in recent months.