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A natural gas distribution system emits a flare during maintenance. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, ...

AUSTIN Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian on Thursday issued a statement regarding the newly announced pipeline project, the 450-mile Eiger Express Pipeline, connecting the Permian Basin to ...

The oil industry has given Texas families a good living. Those high-paying jobs and the black gold workers extracted from the earth were at the center of the region’s economy for decades. Oil has been ...

Toxic wastewater is spreading across America’s biggest oil field, posing a pressing threat to a basin that has grown into a ...

Regarding "Hawk Dunlap loves the oil industry. That’s why he’s fighting Chevron. | Opinion," (Aug. 13): The Railroad Commission of Texas rejects the narrative parroted by the Houston Chronicle that ...

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Holloway served as the team lead, and Riley offered up one of Heart of Texas Propane’s satellite offices as base camp. The ...

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Demonstrating strong early production, operational efficiencies, and expansion plans MIAMI, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / ...