The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin.

Texas leads the United States in oil and gas production, including producing 43% of the nation’s crude oil and 27% of its natural gas in 2023. Yet its cornerstone industry could be straining the state ...

AUSTIN Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for December 2024 came from 158,989 oil wells and 83,536 gas wells, a press release ...

(The Center Square) – The Texas oil and natural gas industry broke multiple records in 2024, from production, to job creation, to taxes and royalties it paid, according to a new report published ...

High oil and natural gas prices, hydraulic fracturing and energy exports are what drive the very cyclical Texas economic miracle. Texas lawmakers need to pay special attention because they are ...