West Texas lawmakers push bills to divert some oil and gas taxes to oil patch infrastructure needs
The fracking boom that resuscitated the Texas oil fields has also beaten up the infrastructure in the Permian Basin, the ...
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West Texas lawmakers push bills to divert some oil and gas taxes to help oil-producing counties with roads, other needs
Reps. Tom Craddick and Brooks Landgraf want to divert 10% of taxes collected on oil and gas production to help ...
How Texas oil workers, technology are helping build a new renewable boom
On any other day, David Rodriguez’s truck would have been helping extract oil, and as he sucked mud from a well beneath a ...
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Oilfield safety protocols address high winds, dust
High winds and dust storms in West Texas force energy companies to pause operations to ensure employee safety.
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US rig count posts first gain in three weeks
Though it was small, the U.S. rig count posted its first rise in three weeks. Texas was down slightly, but Midland County ...
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EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater
Technology to treat produced water has advanced. But critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very ...