PRUDHOE BAY, ALASKA — The future of North America's most prolific oil field is riding at the end of a 6-mile-long flexible drill bit winding its way underneath the Alaskan tundra. The equipment ...

Prudhoe Bay is no longer No. 1 in the U.S. oil world, experts say. The oil field, home to the huge hydrocarbon reservoir that inspired construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline and kicked off ...

Oil began flowing down the trans-Alaska pipeline in 1977, transforming Alaska into a wealthy state. But if it wasn't for one man, the Prudhoe Bay oil field may not have never been found.

An oil rig at Prudhoe Bay in 2017. This winter, BP is undertaking a massive 3-D seismic exploration program at Prudhoe Bay. (Elizabeth Harball/Alaska’s Energy Desk) Several big new oil ...

After six decades working in Alaska, the longtime operator of the giant Prudhoe Bay oil field announced Tuesday it plans to sell all its assets in the state to Hilcorp Alaska for $5.6 billion, a ...

Initial estimates were that Prudhoe Bay held 9.6 billion barrels of oil – at the time, it was the biggest oil discovery in North America. It’s still the biggest ever found in the U.S.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- BP said Thursday it had signed two major deals to supply new pipe for approximately 10 of the 16 miles of an Alaskan oil pipeline it was forced to begin shutting down early ...

BP now estimates as much as 100 gallons of crude oil may have spilled in an area around a well house where a pipe broke in the Prudhoe Bay oil field, Alaska officials said. BP's initial estimate ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - America's largest oil field will produce very few barrels over the next several days as operator BP scrambles to fix an electrical problem. So far, the loss of 300,000 barrels ...

HOUSTON, Aug. 8-- BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.'s shutdown of Prudhoe Bay oil field because of transit pipeline corrosion has prompted statements of concern from US congressional members, but a ...

Last week, BP raised Prudhoe Bay field production to 220,000 b/d, slightly more than half of the normal level. The field's eastern side remains almost completely shut in except for Point McIntyre ...

SAN FRANCISC0 (MarketWatch) -- BP Plc's Alaska unit said Friday the Department of Transportation has given it permission to restore most of the oil production shut in August at its Prudhoe Bay ...