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The latest Texas Railroad Commission news from The Texas Tribune ... The agency has faced criticism over safety concerns linked to fracking, well blowouts and groundwater protection.

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

In 1984, while Ronald Reagan was securing a landslide reelection and Apple introduced the Macintosh, the Railroad Commission ...

The TCEQ will have to use well plugging contractors on the Railroad Commission’s approved list and consult with the ...

As the 89th Texas legislative ... required to plug a well once they are done with it, but small operators often dissolve or go bankrupt before they do, leaving the Railroad Commission to pick ...

For the first time in more than 40 years, energy companies in Texas soon will have new rules for managing oil field waste. The Railroad Commission ... A West Texas well that exploded into a ...

The new rule modernizes some aspects of commercial oilfield waste disposal and recycling. But rules for burying oilfield waste on private property remain limited. Audio recording is automated for ...