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

Governor Greg Abbott made a stop in Midland Thursday, joined by former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Don Evans, Railroad ...

Abbott also signed Senate Bill 529, referred to as the “Economic Development Magnet,” which supports large-scale hotel and ...

So, they passed, and Gov. Abbott signed Senate Bill 1806 on Thursday, which increases penalties and enforcement measures to ...

“The crackdown on oilfield theft in Texas is now law,” stated Gov. Greg Abbott, holding aloft one of three ...

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

Oil theft has been part of doing business in West Texas for as long as people have been drilling, but over the past two years ...

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

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs new laws to protect the oil industry and promote growth in West Texas, including measures ...

The Texas Legislature has invested millions in research to clean the fracking wastewater. Critics say it’s not a viable ...

A contraction in associated gas supplies would be good news for gas-focused drillers—boosting Waha hub prices away from the ...