The U.S. Geological Survey has assessed significant undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Woodford and Barnett shales of ...

The U.S. Geological Survey says that more oil and natural gas in the Permian Basin's Woodford and Barnett shales are ...

LARAMIE -- The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) recently published updated geological maps of the Rawlins and Red Desert Basin quadrangles, providing critical new insights into the geology, ...

A recent U.S. Geological Survey assessment of previously undiscovered gas and oil in Texas' Permian Basin has found that ...

Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide may invigorate petroleum activity in the Permian basin of West Texas and New Mexico, envisions L. Stephen Melzer, a long-time consultant and oil and gas ...

BISMARCK - The U.S. Geological Survey will conduct a new resource estimate for the Williston Basin. Industry, along with Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., pushed for the reassessment in August when USGS ...

The Gulf of Mexico holds huge untapped offshore oil deposits that could help power the U.S. for decades. The energy super basin's longevity, whose giant offshore fields have reliably supplied ...

Ancient sea salt drilled from a geologic basin in Russia is providing dramatic new clues as to how Earth’s early atmosphere became oxygen-rich—allowing life as we know it to evolve. Buried deep ...

The Gulf of Mexico holds huge untapped offshore oil deposits that could help power the U.S. for decades. According to researchers, the basin's vast oil and gas reserves are the result of a remarkable ...