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Senator Ted Cruz and EPA administrator Lee Zeldin hit Midland with a bold message: Texas is leading the charge as America ...

A bill in the Texas Legislature would require oil and gas drillers to notify landowners before burying toxic waste on their ...

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- April 20 marks the 15 th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which remains the worst oil spill in U.S. history. An analysis released by Oceana ...

The Trump administration pushing OPEC to increase production in an already oversupplied global market caused oil prices to plummet.

The Texas oil and gas industry is concerned about the uncertainty surrounding energy production and prices despite President ...

The company plans to run a dedicated drilling rig on the $390-million asset, incorporating it into its 2025 plans. In February, the company said it expects to deploy up to $1 billion in US oil and gas ...

The oil and gas industry has been hit quickly and hard by the recent tariff brouhaha, with prices dropping significantly ...

Despite falling prices, natural gas is actually in short supply right now, and gas producers could come out ahead if prices ...

House Bill 4572 would introduce new requirements for pits where drillers bury oil and gas waste. Supporters of the bill gave ...

Chevron CVX and ExxonMobil XOM are two of the largest publicly traded oil and gas companies in the world with operations that ...

Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright spoke Tuesday at the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers luncheon in Wichita Falls.