Mar. 17—AUSTIN — The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of the Inspector General has released an audit report showing the Railroad Commission of Texas successfully used federal grant funding for ...

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 ...

Onshore wells typically cost about $30,000 to plug, yet the commission has paid more than 10 times that amount to plug wells that are gushing with contaminated water. The commission, which regulates ...

Another orphaned oil well in West Texas erupted with black, salty water this month as state regulators struggle to address ...

Texas has 10,029 orphaned wells, the most since 2006. A new law tightens plugging extensions and transfer oversight, though critics see gaps.

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 is ...

Texas’ inventory of orphaned oil and gas wells has climbed to its highest level in nearly two decades, with the Railroad ...

Feb. 26—AUSTIN — The Railroad Commission of Texas has issued its first permit for a deep geo-pressured, geothermal well to Sage Geosystems in Atascosa County. Located south of San Antonio in the ...

The Railroad Commission of Texas said it has issued its first permit for a deep geo-pressured, geothermal well to Sage Geosystems in Atascosa County. Image by Astrid860 via iStock In a statement ...

The chair of the powerful and deceptively named Texas Railroad Commission is defending her seat this November at a time when the state’s oil and gas industry is booming but the agency that regulates ...

A 200-foot-wide sinkhole is growing at an alarming rate around an abandoned oil well in Texas, according to the family that owns the land but not the oil. The air around the massive crater in West ...

AUSTIN To further foster transparency, education and public engagement, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) on Wednesday announced the official launch of its new podcast, Texas Energy on Track.