Environmentalists are worried the state — known for a lax approach to regulation — is not prepared for the added ...

Oil and gas is a billion-dollar industry that has grown locally and across the globe over the decades, but recently oilfield thieves have had their eyes on ...

Houston rapper Paul Wall unveils Oiler Mobb, a clothing line inspired by Texas oil culture. Check out the latest drop!

Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.

But industry leaders have also been clear that these and other policy changes floated by Trump won’t lead to more drilling.

In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to the surface. But the real danger lies underground -- where oil, salt, and ...

two West Texas oil billionaires who have sought to cleanse the Texas GOP of moderate voices and push their hardline religious views. At the same time, some Republican lawmakers have adopted an ...

citing expectations that OPEC will roll back its production cuts and non-OPEC oil producers will continue raising their output at intensive rates. As a result, Brent crude and West Texas ...

Deep in the heart of Texas, old-fashioned oil and gas still pays the bills in a major way, even as the state’s economy diversifies into other activities. As the U.S. churned out record levels of ...

The Texas House on Tuesday elected Rep. Dustin Burrows as its next speaker, elevating a conservative Republican and former top House deputy who has sought to rein in local Democratic elected ...

The share of U.S. supply coming from the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico, the world's largest shale oil-producing region, is expected to continue to grow and account for more than half of ...

A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, Oct. 12, 2021. A large 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit West Texas on Friday ...