The bill would have set deadlines for the oil and gas industry to plug inactive wells, which can pose a danger to the ...

Another orphaned oil well in West Texas erupted with black, salty water this month as state regulators struggle to address ...

Texas oil and gas regulators requested more than $100 million in emergency funds from the state last week to address pressing ...

James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other ... newsweek.com There are fears oil supplies to ...

The Permian Basin, a region spanning west Texas and eastern New Mexico ... in fossil fuels — and particularly shale oil and gas companies, well-known for pushing their profits back into new ...

Oil had long been the lifeblood of the Texas economy by 1950, when the state housed 26,409 miles of crude oil trunk lines. Like the generations before them, youngsters like George H.W. Bush ...

Texas accounts for 23% of all oil and natural gas jobs in the U.S., supporting 480,460 directly last year, with direct and indirect jobs totaling nearly 2.8 million, according to the analysis.

Pair of Large Quakes Rattle Texas Oil Patch, Putting Spotlight on Water ... to further curtailments on water disposal affecting one well, according to Bennett. The RRC last January banned ...

That drop in investment prompted those companies to cut back on expensive drilling operations in favor of repeatedly fracking the same well to squeeze out ever more oil. In Texas, ‘energy ...