A development agency is seeking bids to prepare for seismic testing that could one day lead to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

An exploration site at ConocoPhillips’ Willow prospect in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. (Photo by Judy Patrick/ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc.) ConocoPhillips plans to hunt for more oil this ...

ConocoPhillips COP has filed fresh applications with U.S. regulators to significantly expand its oil exploration activities in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, signaling a renewed push to ...

The Arctic Ocean, though smallest, significantly influences global climate and hosts unique wildlife. Surrounded by Eurasia, North America, and Greenland, it's sensitive to temperature changes due to ...

South Street Seaport Museum will present Queer History: Polar Exploration. Learn all about queer maritime and polar history in this evening of free talks.

Hindustan Oil Exploration Company said on Friday it has temporarily suspended production at one of its oilfields in western India due to adverse weather and is monitoring the situation to resume ...

A polar bear walks along the beach near Kaktovik, on Alaska's Beaufort Sea coast. (Loren Holmes / ADN file photo) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will allow oil and gas workers to more ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service updated rules governing how much Arctic oil drilling can bother the Beaufort Sea’s protected polar bears.

Foreign investment Contrary to the claim, Namibia has become a global exploration hotspot with several international gas and oil companies actively exploring its coasts in recent years (archived ...

Brazil's environmental authority has approved one of the final requirements for state-run oil company Petrobras to proceed with oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River.

Azeri state energy company SOCAR signed new agreements for oil and gas exploration in Azerbaijan with Exxon Mobil and BP.

Alaska’s state-owned investment bank could get permission to start oil exploration work in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as soon as the third quarter of this year, according to court ...