Oil and gas

State’s energy economy is in dire straits

The double whammy of the COVID-19 pandemic and an oil glut brought on by a Russian-Saudis price war is putting the U.S. energy sector in dire straits.

News analysis: Bad news, good news for offshore

What’s up with offshore? The oil and gas industry employs nearly 1,800 people directly in the St. Mary region, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. And that doesn’t count the shipbuilders and other businesses whose well-being relies on work in the Gulf of Mexico.