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Del. judge refuses to block Freeport-Plains deal

A Delaware judge is refusing to block the merger of mining company Freeport-McMoRan with oil and gas producer Plains Exploration & Production Co.

Quicksilver posts smaller loss as production slips

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New technology propels 'old energy' boom

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Technologies transforming energy: a glossary

Now drillers can extract oil and gas directly from source rock, opening up vast new resources.FRACKING: The colloquial name for hydraulic fracturing.

A visual glance at energy terms and technologies

Now drillers can extract oil and gas directly from source rock, opening up vast new resources.FRACKING: The colloquial name for hydraulic fracturing.

Oil and gas creating boomtowns in Texas

Soaring demand for energy workers there has driven up wages, and not just for jobs in the oil and gas fields.

A look at Illinois bill to regulate fracking

Illinois House Bill 2615 would regulate a controversial method of oil and gas drilling known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking.

U.S. has big edge on world in shale oil and gas development, experts say

But the government owns the mineral rights, pipelines are lacking, and producers don't know whether or not the retail price of oil and gas will be regulated at low levels to satisfy consumers.

Myanmar to open offshore oil and gas bids by April

"Now with development, we need oil and gas for domestic use," Htin Aung, Myanmar's Deputy Minister of Energy, said in an interview.

US rig count drops 4 this week to 1,757

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College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds

The campaign targets companies that own most of the world's coal, oil and natural gas reserves.

HOUSTON: US rig count is unchanged at 1,769

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively exploring for oil...

WASHINGTON: Interior Department proposes new rules for fracking on federal lands

The Interior Department proposed new rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on...