Texas Oil Executives Are Frustrated at Trump for Crushing Crude Prices April 9, 2025 By Kevin Crowley, David Wethe and Emma Sanchez The angry mutterings at the Permian Basin Petroleum Association’s “Spring Swing” golf tournament this week weren’t all about missed putts...
Texas Earthquakes Prompt Oil Regulator to Inspect Disposal Wells July 29, 2024 By David Wethe The Texas oil regulator said it’s investigating after several earthquakes hit the Permian Basin last week. Extremely salty water that...
Oil-Field Lawsuit Offers Rare Insight Into Harassment Complaints June 28, 2023 By David Wethe A lawsuit set for trial in July against the world’s largest provider of drilling services will offer rare public testimony...
Oklahoma Quake Upgraded to 5.8 Mag, More Waste Wells Shut Down September 8, 2016 By David Wethe and Ryan Sachetta Oklahoma drillers are being ordered to shut more fracking wastewater wells just as the U.S. Geological Survey is upgrading last...
5.6 Mag Oklahoma Quake Matches Record September 6, 2016 By David Wethe and Sheela Tobben Oklahoma registered one of its biggest earthquakes on Sept. 3 even after state regulators have beefed up limits on disposing...
BP Raises Liability by $5.2 Billion for Deepwater Horizon Spill July 18, 2016 By David Wethe and Rakteem Katakey BP Plc has raised the total liability from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, which triggered the worst offshore oil spill...
Safety an Issue as Oilfield Companies Cut Costs During Downturn March 13, 2015 By David Wethe and Jim Polson A deadly oil well explosion in Texas’ Permian Basin this week offers a cautionary note of the industry’s challenges as...
Halliburton Agrees to $1.1 Billion Gulf Oil Claims Settlement September 2, 2014 By David Wethe, Laurel Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk Halliburton Co. agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle a majority of lawsuits brought over its role in the largest...
Gas Well Fire Continues to Burn in Penn.; One Missing, One Injured February 13, 2014 By Jim Polson and David Wethe Chevron Corp. said a Pennsylvania well continues to burn for a second day as the company seeks to shut off...