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

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

The new rule modernizes some aspects of commercial oilfield waste disposal and recycling. But rules for burying oilfield ...

The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) issued no new oil well drilling permits in Burleson County in December 2024. The RRC report is for newly approved permits in the county, not for drill sites which ...

Texas is now drilling record amounts of oil and ... automatically under RRC procedures and do not require a permit from the Railroad Commission. The new rule allows drillers to keep the pit ...

ICYMI: UTPB to host Permian Basin Water in Energy Conference The year end numbers for the state’s drilling permit and completion statistics are in. According to the Texas Railroad Commission ...

Texas is now drilling record amounts of oil and ... automatically under RRC procedures and do not require a permit from the Railroad Commission. The new rule allows drillers to keep the pit ...