West Texas Prepares for Oil Downturn Amid Trump Tariffs April 10, 2025 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune When President Donald Trump boasted about falling oil prices on social media early Monday, the Texas oil and gas industry...
Texas Bill Would Add New Regulations for Renewable Energy Sector April 9, 2025 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune Texas’ renewable energy industry is booming. Accounting for nearly 90% of new electrical generation, wind, solar and battery storage industries...
West Texas Lawmakers Want to Divert Oil and Gas Taxes to Address Oil Patch Repairs March 27, 2025 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune The fracking boom that resuscitated the Texas oil fields has also beaten up the infrastructure in the Permian Basin, the...
Delay in Federal Permits Hinders Texas Oil Companies’ Carbon Capture Projects February 11, 2025 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune Texas oil companies and regulators have waited years for federal permits that would allow those companies to suck carbon dioxide...
Less Methane Leaked in West Texas, Report Says; Environmentalists Are Skeptical January 29, 2025 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune Less methane escaped into the atmosphere from certain oil and gas equipment and oil wells in 2023, according to a...
Texas Agency Seeks $100M to Tackle Well Blowouts December 2, 2024 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune Unable to keep up with the growing number of leaking and erupting wells in the state’s oil fields, the Texas...
Texas Agency Seeks $100M to Tackle Well Blowouts November 4, 2024 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune Unable to keep up with the growing number of leaking and erupting wells in the state’s oil fields, the Texas...
Texas Pecan Farmers Fight to Save Water Supply November 1, 2024 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune FORT STOCKTON — Zachary Swick plucked a pecan from one of the 78,000 trees at a sprawling West Texas farm...
Energy Company Seals Well in West Texas 19 Days After it Exploded October 23, 2024 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune ODESSA — A Houston-based energy company has sealed a hemorrhaging well in West Texas 19 days after it exploded, sending...
West Texas Town Endures Another Well Blowout, Putting Residents at Risk October 11, 2024 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune TOYAH — After a restless night of sleep, Elida Machuca texted her neighbor, searching for answers. The air around her...