oil industry

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…

The Michigan Court of Appeals says state regulators were correct to deny a drilling permit to developers who want to put oil wells on private land…

A new state law encourages oil companies to go back to oil wells that are considered tapped out and extract more oil.So-called “enhanced recovery…

For years, Michigan businesses and consumers have enjoyed extremely low natural gas prices.But that may be changing. And it’s a case of basic economics.…