Powerful winds tore through the New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle on Friday, with gusts approaching 100 mph in some places.

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Powerful winds tore through the New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle on Friday, with gusts approaching 100 mph in some places.

U.S. drilling activity remains steady with 592 rigs, but the Permian Basin sees a decline, falling three rigs to 301.

The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. It bottomed out in August of 2020 at 244. The regional benchmark Plains-West Texas Intermediate Posting ended Friday at $63.62 per barrel, up 10 cents ...

Dozens of men, women and children from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and other nations were found trapped in the ...

As season two for Paramount+'s "Landman" begins production, the Texas oil drama has put out a casting call for local college ...

About 47 million people faced an enhanced to moderate severe storm threat from Madison, Wisconsin, to Birmingham, Alabama.

Dozens of men, women and children from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and other nations were found trapped in the ...

In the booming Permian Basin oil field, a large unincorporated community just outside of the city of Odessa proper has ...