The Biggest US Oil Field Is at Risk of Poisonous Water Leaks, Texas Warns May 23, 2025 By Kevin Crowley and David Wethe Texas regulators are warning that wastewater from fracking in the biggest US oil basin is causing a “widespread” increase in...
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...
Study Links Fracking Wastewater Injection to Surface Blowouts in West Texas Oil Wells August 7, 2024 By Dylan Baddour and Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune Fracking wastewater, injected underground for permanent disposal, traveled 12 miles through geological faults before bursting to the surface through a...
Damaging West Texas Earthquakes Likely Caused by Oil and Gas Activity: USGS July 31, 2024 By Dorany Pineda Damaging earthquakes that rocked West Texas in recent days were likely caused by oil and gas activity in an area...
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...
Texas Ranchers Face Growing Risk as Abandoned Oil Wells Gush Gassy Water June 13, 2024 By Dylan Baddour In recent years, Schuyler Wight has noticed a growing number of abandoned oil wells coming back to life, gurgling fluids...
Recent Earthquakes in Oklahoma Serve as a Reminder of Ongoing Risk February 8, 2024 By Sean Murphy, The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — After a dramatic spike in earthquakes in the early 2010s, state regulators in Oklahoma began taking...
Texas Regulators Suspend Well Permits to Address Rising Earthquake Frequency January 11, 2024 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune The state’s oil and gas regulatory agency last month suspended nearly two dozen permits that let companies inject saltwater water...
Britain Lifts Ban on Gas Fracking in England in Push for Energy Independence September 22, 2022 By Paul Sandle, Muvija M and Susanna Twidale Britain on Thursday formally lifted a moratorium on fracking for shale gas in England that has been in place since...
UK Says Energy Aid Will Cost Treasury Billions and Cut Inflation September 9, 2022 By Kitty Donaldson and Emily Ashton Liz Truss’s UK government announced a sweeping package of measures to contain spiraling energy bills, seeking to ease a historic...