Wastewater volumes in Texas’ Permian Basin have increased to about a billion gallons per day. Treating it would take more energy than used by most states.

Upstream oil companies ramped up hiring in February, the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) ...

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Reps. Tom Craddick and Brooks Landgraf want to divert 10% of taxes collected on oil and gas production to help ...

The fracking boom that resuscitated the Texas oil fields has also beaten up the infrastructure in the Permian Basin, the state’s biggest oil and gas drilling region. More heavy trucks drove ...

He said lawsuits for trucking accidents had more than doubled over the past decade — a period that corresponds with the doubling of the number of traffic fatalities in Texas’s oil fields.

Tank batteries in Midland County, Texas. (Sean Hannon/iStock via Getty Images) “Nobody wants to go into law enforcement,” Granado said, adding that the oil fields pay better. Just in January ...

Reps. Tom Craddick and Brooks Landgraf want to divert 10% of taxes collected on oil and gas production to help budget-strapped counties keep up with growth. Truckers line up to receive a load of ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part four in a four-part series. Read part one here, ...

Sinopec discovered Xinxing and Qintong shale oil fields in eastern China. The fields show promise for high initial yields. Sinopec said it has discovered Xinxing and Qintong shale oil fields in ...