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Texas lawmakers pass SB 1150, requiring oil and gas wells inactive for 15 years to be plugged or reactivated, aiming to ...

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

This time, Houston-based Blackbuck Resources must immediately stop operating its disposal well in Culberson County, in an area where the Texas Railroad Commission banned the practice in December 2023.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. A package of bills aims to better prepare the state to prevent and fight ...

Image by FreezeFrames via iStock The Railroad Commission (RRC) of Texas has issued new regulations ... will be introduced for saltwater disposal well (SWD) permit applications in the area.

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

FILE – Oil well workers prepare to plug an orphaned ... the only party left to deal with them is the Texas Railroad Commission, the state agency that oversees the oil and gas industry.

Greg Abbott, is a rare example of the Texas Legislature regulating the state’s oil and gas industry. A plugged well on the Scouras ... The Texas Railroad Commission, the agency regulating ...

The new guidelines for permitting wastewater disposal wells are likely to increase the costs of oil producers, as the crude price is low.