oil industry

The White House says it wants to choke off Iran's oil export revenue. But experts say that blockades are often unpredictable and difficult to enforce.

Yes, higher crude oil prices mean a multibillion-dollar cash infusion to the oil industry. But volatility is bad for business, and sustained high prices come with very serious drawbacks.

Global crude oil prices are now lower than they were before Israel attacked Iran earlier this month. A price spike did occur, but it was short-lived — unlike oil crises of the past.

A new report says a potential shutdown of Enbridge Energy’s controversial Line 5 pipeline would have a minimal impact on natural gas prices.

Leaders of Michigan’s oil and gas industry are optimistic their business is poised to rebound from a prolonged price slump.Oil and natural gas prices are…

Drilling for oil and gas in Michigan is down to levels not seen since the Great Depression.And so far, newer methods of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking,…

News of a decline might sound surprising since there has been so much excitement and controversy over horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," in…

A lot of us are curious about the oil pipeline running through the Straits of Mackinac.Michigan Radio's M I Curious is a news experiment where we…

Wastewater from fracked wells that produce gas and oil in Pennsylvania and West Virginia is coming to Ohio. Julie Grant, a reporter who has been…

State officials want to hear what you think about fracking.The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality wants to update the state’s rules on hydraulic…