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(The Center Square) – The Texas oil and natural gas industry broke multiple records in 2024, from production, to job creation ...

Mar. 3—AUSTIN — Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for December 2024 came from 158,989 oil wells and 83,536 gas wells ...

The Permian Basin has long been at the heart of America’s energy industry, fueling economic growth with its vast reserves of oil and gas. But as drilling ...

The Permian Basin, a region spanning west Texas and eastern New Mexico, is the once and future heart of the greatest oil and gas boom in American history, a frenzy of production triggered by the ...

(The Center Square) – The Texas oil and natural gas industry broke multiple records in 2024, from production, to job creation, to taxes and royalties it paid, according to a new report published ...

Jose Gonzalez* wore no mask, despite the toxic chemicals he worked with in the oil field. “One leak, and no one will hear from you again,” he said. He shrugged. At 31, with three children at ...

The Trump administration last week approved plans for a second deepwater oil loading terminal off the Texas coast, opening another door for continued long-term growth in American crude production ...

Nationally, oil production might creep up in the next couple of years, driven by drilling in West Texas and eastern New Mexico. But other once-booming plays in places like Colorado, South Texas ...

“By expanding production ... crude oil hoses. “Although two VLCCs can be moored to the deepwater port simultaneously, only one can be loaded at a time”, MARAD says. Texas GulfLink LLC ...