New guidelines on permitting for wastewater disposal wells in Texas are threatening to drive oil producers' costs higher as companies face weak crude prices, marking the latest challenge for the ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has activated state resources ahead of a severe weather threat in West Texas and the Panhandle. Here's what you need to know.

The legislative package was inspired by the state’s largest wildfire in history. The Smokehouse Creek fire scorched more than ...

Senate Bill 1150, which is on its way to Gov. Greg Abbott, is a rare example of the Texas Legislature regulating the state’s oil and gas industry. Texas oil and gas companies face new deadlines to ...

state lawmakers are expected to raise the Texas Commission on the Arts’ budget for the next two years by about $5.7 million, bringing funding from the state to a total of about $39.8 million for ...

Texas oil and gas companies face new deadlines to plug defunct wells after the Texas Legislature agreed this week to send Gov. Greg Abbott a bill setting new rules for the industry. The bill, which ...

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In 2021, lawmakers began to fund treatment research, putting $10 million toward the effort, called the Texas Produced Water Consortium. The environmental quality commission has said the consortium ...

Brazos County commissioners decline a $500,000 grant from the Texas General Land Office (GLO ... and download background information from the May 27, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. Click HERE ...

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 ...