Drilling for oil and gas had already been banned in much of the Gulf off the coast of Florida, but that would have expired in ...

The number of oil rigs, an indicator of short-term production in the country, fell to 478 for the week ending January 17. The number of US oil rigs fell by 19 compared to one year ago.

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a second week in a row to the lowest ...