oil and gas industry

Google says it won't build AI tools for oil and gas drillers

By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

Google says it will no longer build custom artificial intelligence tools for speeding up oil and gas extraction, separating itself from cloud computing rivals Microsoft and Amazon.

Chaos and scrambling in the U.S. oil patch as prices plummet

By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press

The global economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has devastated the oil industry in the U.S., which pumps more crude than any other country.

Watchdog to investigate whether Interior Department moves on Utah monument were illegal

By Brady McCombs, Associated Press

The Government Accountability Office will investigate whether the U.S. Interior Department broke the law by making plans to open lands cut from a Utah national monument by President Donald Trump to leasing for oil, gas and coal development, a pair…

State of emergency declared in Oklahoma after record earthquake

By Michael D. Regan

Oklahoma's governor on Saturday declared a state of emergency for Pawnee County located near the epicenter of one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the state.

Has Exxon Mobil misled the public about its climate change research?

By PBS News Hour

Oil giant Exxon Mobil was recently subpoenaed by New York’s attorney general in an investigation of whether the company has intentionally downplayed the risks of climate change. Judy Woodruff hears from Eric Schneiderman, attorney general of New York, and Kenneth…

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What's making the rural American West more diverse

By PBS News Hour

Wyoming is the least populated state in the country, and one of the whitest. But that could be changing slowly. Since 2010, the state's African-American population has nearly doubled, a demographic shift that's taking place all over the West, and…

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