May 5—AUSTIN — The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 750 original drilling permits in April 2025. The total includes 665 to drill new oil or gas wells, 19 to re-enter plugged wellbores, 8 ...

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Republican push to make drilling cheaper on federal land is creating new fiscal pressure for states ...

A sinkhole in Upton County formed around an oil well that was plugged in the 1970s. The property owners and visitors stand on the edge of the sinkhole's far side. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside ...

PECOS, Texas—Extreme drought has diminished the flows of the Rio Grande and Pecos River, two of the most iconic waterways in Texas. The advocacy group American Rivers recently named the Lower Rio ...

Oil companies have offered $279 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico in the first offshore lease sale in the ...

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Veteran oilman Robert Price was regaled with stories of dogsledding and adventures in Greenland as a child from his father who served as a military weatherman there during World War II. Those stories ...

PECOS — Extreme drought has diminished the flows of the Rio Grande and Pecos River, two of the most iconic waterways in Texas. The advocacy group American Rivers recently named the Lower Rio Grande ...

AUSTIN The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 412 original drilling permits in November 2025. The total includes 369 to drill new oil or gas wells, 7 to re-enter plugged wellbores, 3 field ...

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.

PECOS, Texas—Extreme drought has diminished the flows of the Rio Grande and Pecos River, two of the most iconic waterways in Texas. The advocacy group American Rivers recently named the Lower Rio ...