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

Texas workplaces were a bit safer in 2024, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s 2024 workplace safety trends safety report. Construction continued to top the list of industries experiencing ...

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

China has already put a 15% tariff on U.S. LNG in response, and Trump is considering action against Europe and Mexico with ...

Scott Mason IV is the new administrator for the EPA region, which covers Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and ...

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Legislation supported by the State Land Office to increase the royalty rates on New Mexico state lands passed the Senate Conservation Committee this week, the first in its path to the senate floor.

Growth in oil output from the U.S. Permian basin, the country's top oilfield, is expected to slow by at least 25% this year ...

The commission, which oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry, asked the Texas Legislature in an October letter for an infusion of $100 million to help plug and remediate “emergency wells,” or ...

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 ...

It was the first time in 12 years that Arlington opened land for fracking. TotalEnergies will drill 10 new gas wells amid an ...

Colombian president Gustavo Petro has ordered the state-run oil company Ecopetrol to cancel a joint venture with U.S.