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Police arrested more than 20 people, mostly on curfew violations, on the first night of restrictions in downtown Los Angeles and used crowd-control projectiles to break up hundreds of protesters ...

The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) issued two new oil well drilling permits in Burleson County in April. The RRC report is for newly approved permits in the county, not for drill sites which were ...

The EPA has scheduled a July 24 hearing on Texas' efforts to receive primacy over Class VI CO2 injection wells ...

New guidelines on permitting for wastewater disposal wells in Texas are threatening to drive oil producers' costs higher as ...

The Texas economy hung in the balance during trade talks with China in London, as the Trump administration sought a way ...

Stricter saltwater disposal well guidelines in Texas are set to increase costs for Permian Basin oil producers, potentially ...

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its proposed approval of Texas’ request to administer permitting under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) for Class VI underground injection ...

“We had a great session,” said Railroad Commission Chair Christi Craddick, who was in Midland on Thursday for Gov. Greg ...

MIDLAND, Texas - Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday signed into law a suite of bills aimed at strengthening the state’s oil and ...

Texas continues to lead the nation in oil and gas production — with the Permian Basin alone generating nearly 40% of the ...