AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 557 original drilling permits in May 2025. The total includes 504 ...

Texas lawmakers approved a series of bills this year that aim to better prepare Texas for wildfires and to mitigate their damage.

The City of Crockett city administrator John Angerstein, State Rep. Cody Harris and State Rep. Trent Ashby have all expressed ...

Meghan McElvy, who joined O'Melveny & Myers on Tuesday as a partner in Houston, was co-chair of the energy team at Bradley ...

AUSTIN - Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to activate state emergency response ...

“Even the simplest well can take time,” said Nicholas Harrel, a state managed plugger with the Texas Railroad Commission. From the air, the wells look like pinpricks across the Texas landscap ...

In a statement posted on its website recently, the Railroad Commission ... to search the records for them”. Documents that have been digitized range from oil and gas production and well ...

"We are proud to remain a leader in well plugging efforts nationwide and look forward to working with the new Secretary of the Interior to expeditiously plug wells in Texas," RRC Executive ...

A sinkhole around an old oil well is growing at ... can turn to for help. The Railroad Commission, which regulates oil and gas drilling and plugging in Texas, has sent personnel to the site.