A Houston-based oil company has rebuffed the authority of the California Coastal Commission in a bid to revive drilling off ...

14 are categorized as offshore rigs, and two are categorized as inland water rigs. The total U.S. rig count is made up of 486 oil rigs, 101 gas rigs, and five miscellaneous rigs, according to the ...

The rigs included 575 land drilling rigs, three inland water drilling rigs, and 14 offshore ... in western Texas and eastern New Mexico has been the largest source of shale oil production growth ...

An offshore oil platform with Santa Cruz Island in the background in California's Santa Barbara Channel. (Marli Miller/UCG/via Getty Images) ...