A decommissioned oil rig caught fire in Alabama Wednesday, allowing “potential hazards” to spill into the water below, officials said. The multi-story rig — containing oil, diesel fuel ...

Not totally quiet. (SOUNDBITE OF OIL RIG DRILLING) DOMONOSKE: Unit Drilling BOSS rig No. 404 is looming over the scrubby flatlands of West Texas like a rocket launch pad minus the rocket.

That fact would’ve sounded absurd just a decade ago, and even more absurd that we’re producing all that oil with far fewer rigs. As the Energy Information Administration reported Tuesday ...