Oil Industry

Nine Photographers Explore the Impact of the Oil Industry

By Alexandra Genova

A Crude Awakening

Why the Government is Right to Investigate Oil Industry Ads

By Jeffrey Kluger

Oklahoma Has Growing Earthquake Risk

By Josh Sanburn
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Here’s Why Oil Giant Shell Is Slashing Thousands of Jobs

Company sees a ‘prolonged downturn’ in the oil industry

By Claire Zillman / Fortune

Oil Is The New Gold: Inside North Dakota's Oil Rush

North Dakota is on the new frontier of a U.S. fuel economy, where more oil is produced domestically than imported.

By Tessa Berenson Rogers

Exxon Mobil to Reveal Fracking Data Amid Pressure

The company has agreed to be more transparent about the environmental impact of its shale gas extraction practices amid shareholder pressure from New York City's pension fund, among 13 others, which holds a billion-dollar stake in Exxon

By Maya Rhodan

EPA's New Emission Rules Could Increase Gas Prices, Save Lives

Agency says reduction in sulfur levels in gasoline will prevent up to 2,000 premature deaths a year

By Eliana Dockterman
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