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Texas has thousands of orphan oil and gas wells that need plugging. The Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates oil and gas wells in the state, defines these as wells that have been inactive ...

The total includes 607 to drill new oil ... wells, six to re-enter plugged wellbores, and 53 for re-completions, the RRC said. Image by zhengzaishuru via iStock In a statement posted on the Texas ...

the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), which regulates oil and gas production in that state, had shut down deep saltwater disposal wells in Reeves and Culberson counties due to seismic activity ...

Residents across East Texas are concerned their drinking water could become compromised by the presence of oil ... Railroad Commission voted to approve a permit allowing disposal well company ...

Two large earthquakes that hit the Permian basin, the top U.S. oilfield, this week have rattled the Texas oil industry and ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A year after devastating wildfires engulfed the Panhandle, killing three people and burning millions of acres, Texas lawmakers have filed a slate of legislation aimed at ...

26—AUSTIN — The Railroad Commission of Texas has issued its first permit for a deep geo-pressured, geothermal well to Sage Geosystems ... technology overlap with oil and gas industry.

Another orphaned oil well in West Texas erupted with black, salty water this month as state regulators struggle to address problems associated with oil field pollutants. Leaking wells, which threaten ...