Regional levee commissioners agreed Thursday to use $30,000 worth of seismic testing to investigate potential trouble spots in the system. The work, which involves dropping weights on a levee section ...

In a victory for anti-drilling advocates, oil and gas industry lawyers said Thursday the industry will not use airgun arrays this year to conduct seismic surveys of the ocean floor off the Atlantic ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — In Tom McCall Waterfront Park on the northwest side of the Burnside Bridge, engineers began drilling a 125-foot test shaft as part of crucial seismic testing for Portland's earthquake ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WSAV/WCBD) – Oil exploration companies say they are giving up efforts to do seismic testing off the South Carolina coast. The companies had two years to prove they should be able to ...

WPX Energy is using seismic testing to better size up and characterize the Niobrara shale formation as it tries to expand on its initial success drilling there. Much of that work is requiring the use ...

Seismic testing appears to be dead in the water for now as companies involved in litigation about the controversial oil and gas exploration method said they won't pursue it this year off the Atlantic ...

A lawsuit contesting permits for companies to search for oil and gas off the coast of South Carolina is drawing to a close as the federal government says there's no way to extend the permits in the ...