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Texas lawmakers passed a suite of bills that officials said are crucial to combat losses in the state’s largest oil field. -
Across Texas, abandoned wells are erupting with chemical-infused liquid and some have created massive lakes of contaminated water. Regulators say they need more money to address the problem.
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Texas regulators are taking public comment about how they should implement an EPA rule to reduce methane leaks from the oil and gas industry.
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The chair of the Texas Railroad Commission is defending her seat this November at a time when the state’s oil and gas industry is booming but the agency that regulates it is facing criticism over safety concerns.
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The lawsuit claims federal regulators have undermined the Texas oil and gas industry by misusing environmental law, negatively affecting drilling and production.
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Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source.
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The 5.2-magnitude earthquake is tied for the fourth strongest in Texas history. It occurred in an area where oilfield companies have long been injecting waste water.
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An industry leader in the Permian Basin said a new report proves safety regulations are helping. Other observers say more data is needed to understand the risks of extraction.
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The bill would direct Texas agencies not to enforce federal regulations on the oil industry if there’s not a similar state regulation. But it likely wouldn’t apply to most federal environmental rules, experts and lawmakers said.
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Politically powerful natural gas production and transportation companies, along with their regulators, appear so far to have escaped the wrath of the governor and the Legislature in the aftermath of the Texas power outages.
