Environmentalists are worried the state — known for a lax approach to regulation — is not prepared for the added ...

Texas lawmakers attempted to address the growing problem of abandoned wells. Two years later, none of that money has been ...

Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for November 2024 came from 159,727 oil wells and 82,958 gas wells, a press release detailed.

The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 666 original drilling permits in January 2025. The total includes 607 to drill new oil or gas wells, 6 to re-enter plugged wellbores, and 53 for ...

“EPA must move to swiftly and rigorously review and make determinations on pending projects and primacy applications to ...

Alas, we might never know. Opiela v. Railroad Commission of Texas and Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating, was a challenge to the Commission’s authority ...

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Wyoming’s oil production has been rebounding since March 2023. However, the rebound was impacted by the January 2024 storm.

It was the first time in 12 years that Arlington opened new land for fracking. TotalEnergies will drill 10 new gas wells that are two-tenths of a mile from a daycare center amid an uptick in Barnett ...

A Texas pipeline owner is asking an East Texas judge to declare that a chemical company doesn’t have legal rights to operate a major pipeline that goes through Longview because ...