Constant wildfire threats that require preparation, coordination, and resources is the most pressing issue for the Panhandle, ...

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The name of the Texas oil and gas regulatory agency—unlike its peers in other states—has nothing to do with fossil fuels or natural resources. The Railroad Commission of Texas hasn’t had ...

Pipeline failures, and inability of the RRC restrictions to stop M5 earthquakes, are troubling as earthquakes up to M6 might ...

Feb. 26—AUSTIN — The Railroad Commission of Texas has issued its first permit for a deep geo-pressured, geothermal well to Sage Geosystems in Atascosa County. Located south of San Antonio in ...

Late in January, the Texas Railroad Commission voted to approve a permit allowing disposal well company McBride Operating LLC to build a treatment facility in Paxton, about 43 miles northeast of ...

Feb. 3—AUSTIN — Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for November 2024 came from 159,727 oil wells and 82,958 gas wells ...