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

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As the 89th Texas ... Oil and gas companies are 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 ...

AUSTIN Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for October 2024 came from 159,986 oil wells and 83,497 gas wells, a press release ...

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

Three East Texas communities ... contamination from an oil and gas waste disposal site. The Texas Railroad Commission approved McBride Operating Disposal Well's permits to construct a stationary ...

Texas regulators have completed the first overhaul of oilfield waste rules in over 40 years. The Railroad Commission of ... fluids for conventional wells, they now use oil-based and synthetic ...