On the Arabian peninsula, U.S. oil giant Chevron has launched a $340-million pilot project to extract heavy oil from beneath the desert sands. WSJ's Ben Casselman reports from Wafra, Kuwait.

Flame-haired “Red” Adair learned his rare trade in 16 years with tough old Myron Kinley, dean emeritus of oil fire fighters, set up his own company four years ago when Kinley retired.

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Douglas McIntyre examines Saudi Arabia’s cash advantage in oil production as prices fall, where its $10 per barrel cost of production far outpaces the U.S.’s $35-$40 per barrel cost.

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The water to perform these miracles in the desert is pumped from far below the ... Saudi Arabia sits on two pools of liquids – water and oil. The oil, in world-leading volumes, has paid for ...