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

ELYSIAN FIELDS, Tx. - Three East Texas communities are fighting to protect their water from possible contamination from an ...

In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to the surface. But the real danger lies underground — where oil, salt, and toxic ...

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 ...

ELYSIAN FIELDS, Tx. - Three East Texas communities are fighting to protect their water from possible contamination from an oil and gas waste disposal site. The Texas Railroad Commission approved ...

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 ...

the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) last updated the state’s primary oil and gas waste regulations. Now, four decades later, the RRC is revisiting these rules to better align them with modern ...

It took 2 years, but the Texas Railroad Commission has updated regulations for the disposal of brine, drilling mud and other ...

last updated in 1984 and previously housed in Chapter 8 of the RRC rules, covers a wide range of disposal sites for drilling wastes. Texas is now drilling record amounts of oil and gas.