ELYSIAN FIELDS, Tx. - Three East Texas communities are fighting to protect their water from possible contamination from an ...
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 ... waste from oil and gas operations ...
"Fortunately no one was hurt," said Board Chair Felipe Hernandez. "But this event has left a lot of questions in the minds of ...
Texas A&M University System has unveiled four nuclear developers with which it plans to explore building and operating small ...
Texas lawmakers attempted to address the growing problem of abandoned wells. Two years later, none of that money has been ...
Environmentalists are worried the state — known for a lax approach to regulation — is not prepared for the added ...
In 1984, while Ronald Reagan was securing a landslide reelection and Apple introduced the Macintosh, the Railroad Commission ...
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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 ...