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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

One seat on the three-person Railroad Commission of Texas, which oversees the multibillion-dollar oil and gas industry in the state, is up for election this year. The three powerful commissioners ...

Alas, we might never know. Opiela v. Railroad Commission of Texas and Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating, was a challenge to the Commission’s authority ...

Legislators are poised to tackle renewables and other matters that could echo across the U.S. in the months ahead.

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