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Texas legislators delivered some good news to the Railroad Commission during the just-ended session. “We had a great session,” said Railroad Commission Chair Christi Craddick, who was in Midland on ...

AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 560 original drilling permits in August 2025. The total includes 482 to drill new oil or gas wells, 8 ...

Texas Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick won’t talk yet about a preliminary report to the commission ruling out a link between earthquakes near Azle and a disposal well operated by XTO ...

Inspectors for the Texas Railroad Commission are investigating a 5.4-magnitude earthquake that was recorded west of Pecos near the border of Reeves and Culberson counties on Wednesday, the agency said ...

The state of Texas will infuse more cash into a program for plugging inactive oil and gas wells in 2026 and 2027, as the average cost of sealing each well has rapidly increased. The state will ...

WaterBridge, an industry leader in produced water midstream infrastructure, today issued the following statement following the Railroad Commission of Texas’ (RRC) recently-announced permitting ...