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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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The new rule modernizes some aspects of commercial oilfield waste disposal and recycling. But rules for burying oilfield waste on private property remain limited. Audio recording is automated for ...

For the first time in more than 40 years, energy companies in Texas soon will have new rules for managing oil field waste. The Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates the industry ...

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