The state of New Mexico is accusing three Texas oil executives of orchestrating “a fraudulent scheme” to pocket revenue from ...

A Texas landowner is suing oil companies for damages on his property. The suit alleges injection wells and improperly plugged oil wells polluted the soil and groundwater.

Orphaned oil and gas wells are multiplying in Texas, reaching a 20-year high in December, according to the Texas Railroad ...

A West Texas rancher is suing eight oil and gas companies for at least $1 million. Defendants are Conoco Inc., Blackbeard Operating LLC, Citation Oil and Gas Corp., Formentera Operations LLC, ...

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Now, President Donald Trump's pledge to bring oil prices down to $50 a barrel could decimate that momentum, making trouble -- ...

The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) revealed its latest preliminary crude oil and natural gas production figures.

Although shutting down oil wells seems like a positive development for the environment, the aftermath of what's happening to some of these wells across Texas could pose an environmental disaster. When ...

President Trump used tariffs and now Venezuelan oil to drive down oil prices and keep pump prices low. For Texas, low oil ...

Cleaning up oilfield pollution in arid West Texas is costly and complicated. The bankruptcy process allows companies to move ...

A Permian Basin landowner alleges in a lawsuit that saltwater injection wells contributed to well blow-outs that caused ...