Texas has experienced over 100 earthquakes in just nine days, an unusual occurrence for a seismically inactive region. Experts attribute the earthquakes to oil and gas extraction activities ...

More than 54,000 oil and gas wells in Texas are associated with dangerous concentrations of hydrogen sulfide. This invisible poisonous gas can be deadly at high levels of direct exposure. Chronic ...

Texas regulators limit oil and gas disposal wells in bid to reduce earthquakes in West Texas. ... In 2021, the Railroad Commission created a map that tracks earthquakes in the Permian Basin, ...

The Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates oil and gas in the state, instructed major companies — including Chevron, Cimarex Energy, BPX Midstream, NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLC ...

The Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates oil and gas in the state, instructed major companies — including Chevron, Cimarex Energy, BPX Midstream, NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLC ...

More than 150,000 oil and gas wells sit idle and unplugged across Texas. These wells often outlast their cash-strapped owners, who leave them behind after they die, go bankrupt or dissolve their ...

The Railroad Commission of Texas, the state’s oil and gas regulator, is responsible for ensuring that operators plug wells properly. Once a well stops producing oil or gas, operators are ...