Oil well pumpjacks are, in general, pretty dumb pieces of machinery. On any given day, about a million of them bob up and down in oil fields across the U.S., pulling crude and sometimes natural gas up ...

A Republican push to make drilling cheaper on federal land is creating new fiscal pressure for states that depend on oil and gas revenue, most notably in New Mexico.

A series of oil pump jacks decorated with various plywood cutouts, placed in various locations around Luling, Texas. Each pump jack features a different cutout. Some pump jacks have mirrored cutouts ...