This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Wilfredo Cruz went to the doctor in October of last year to have his brain scanned because he was experiencing vertigo ...

When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ...

With no time to spare, state government has funded the first focused effort to retrain Kern County oil and gas workers, delivering the first of what local officials hope will be sustained efforts by ...

I want to take a moment to applaud the contributions of a group we often take for granted — our Pennsylvania natural gas and oil workers. The over 90,000 hardworking Pennsylvanians in the natural gas ...

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras has seen ‍no impact on its output of oil and petroleum products since the start of a ...

As Landman season 2 continues, I imagine that the fallout from the gas leak will continue to see impacts on both the workers’ ...

Top-paid oil rig operaters earn more than $89K. June 16, 2010 — -- The oil industry may be a magnet for controversy in the U.S. right now, with crude continuing to gush from BP's ruined deep ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Thirty years ago, Willie Cruz was shocked when he learned the Southern California oil refinery where he worked was shutting down. Cruz, now a 61-year-old living in Arizona, ...

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FILE - A cleanup worker picks up blobs of oil in absorbent snare on Queen Bess Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay near the Gulf of Mexico in Plaquemines Parish, La., June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thirty years ago, Willie Cruz was shocked when he learned the Southern California oil refinery where he worked was shutting down. Cruz, now a 61-year-old living in Arizona, had ...