Neglected oil and gas wells are coming back to life in Texas, harming the environment and challenging Texas regulators.

AUSTIN Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production for September 2025 reported in the tables below came from 156,568 oil wells and 83,910 gas wells, a press release detailed. The RRC ...

The EPA handed over power to the Railroad Commission after a two-year review. Critics say the commission has been too lax with the industry.

One has to do with ongoing pessimism about oil prices, while another said despite warnings of doom and gloom in the oil ...

Texas oil and gas companies face new deadlines to plug defunct wells after the Texas Legislature agreed this week to send Gov. Greg Abbott a bill setting new rules for the industry. The bill, which ...

Oil giants have fled California, but James Flores and his company Sable Offshore are desperate to get in, even if it means ...

There are thousands of abandoned wells across the country, and governments are often forced to pick up the cost of plugging them. The U.S. is now the world’s largest producer of crude oil, and a lot ...

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Biglari says it was falsely told the oil company's assets included a dormant drilling rig worth $8.4 million that Biglari ...