In Texas, ‘water is the new oil’ as cities square off over aquifers that may soon dry out
Two cities and the Texas A&M University System are suing to stop a project that would pump up to 89 million gallons per day ...
The Hill12d
How Texas oil workers, technology are helping build a new renewable boom
The Texas rock formation was once at the ... realized while working on oil production in the region in the early 2010s that it was also a source of untapped power. The realization prompted him ...
Odessa American11d
Texas sets new oil and gas production records in 2024
AUSTIN The RRC’s long history of common sense, science-based regulation of the oil and gas industry has safeguarded Texas communities and the environment while also fostering responsible ...
The Texas Tribune19d
An abandoned West Texas oil well has created a 200-foot-wide sinkhole
The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin. A sinkhole in Upton County formed around an oil well that was plugged in the ...