Firms have used billions of gallons of Rio Grande and Pecos River water for drilling in the Eagle Ford Shale and elsewhere, ...

Across Texas, abandoned wells are erupting with ... we get to those as wells first,” said Travis Baer, an oil and gas division district director at the Railroad Commission.

Midland’s school district was able to open ... "Austin Puts Its Stamp on the Oil & Gas Map." University of Austin. "Statoil Selects University of Texas at Austin Students for New Fellowship." ...

INVESTIGATION: Texas oil companies are leaking toxic gas near schools and homes. Regulators do little to stop them. The Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil industry, doesn’t map sites ...

Looking to oust a Democratic district attorney in rural ... loudest voices in a growing chorus of West Texas residents trying to compel oil and gas companies and the state government to do ...