HOBBS, N.M.—Chip Low’s drive through one of the richest corners of America’s hottest oil field takes him past all the ...

And why should it? It has become the smell of wealth, the sweet odor of Ohio’s first oil boom since the turn of the century. Two Gushers. Ohio was a major oil producer 60 years ago, but its ...

But the reality is more nuanced. As is oil itself, which comes as light and heavier crude. Before the fracking boom, the US used to produce the heavy stuff, which its refineries were designed to ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part one of a four-part series. Jose Gonzalez* wore no mask, despite the toxic chemicals he worked with in the oil field.

Will Suriname become another oil boom province as neighboring Guyana? Wood Mackenzie hydrocarbons consultants believe it to be possible but exploration efforts have taken longer and the ...