Chevron Buys West Texas Ranch in ‘Zombie’ Oil Well Settlement February 10, 2026 By David Wethe and Kevin Crowley Chevron Corp. acquired a ranch in West Texas whose owner had been waging a legal battle accusing the US energy...
Texas Data Centers to Rely on Gas Power Plants February 3, 2026 By Dylan Baddour Texas’ environmental regulator last week issued the largest air pollution permit in the country to an enormous planned complex of...
West Texas Wants to Sell Natural Gas to Power AI Data Centers, But Lacks Infrastructure September 23, 2025 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune Big data centers that power the artificial intelligence industry demand an abundance of energy. West Texas — known for producing...
West Texas Gas Falls to 14-Month Low as Negative Prices Persist September 18, 2025 By Emma Sanchez Natural gas cash prices in West Texas, which dipped below zero in recent days, sank to the lowest in almost...
Tensions Are Starting to Brew Over Waterways for US LNG Cargoes July 3, 2025 By Ruth Liao One of the US largest exporters of liquefied natural gas, Venture Global Inc., is raising questions over how to share...
BlackRock Escapes Texas Oil-Boycott List After ESG Retreat June 5, 2025 By Danielle Moran BlackRock Inc. was removed from Texas’ blacklist of companies that boycott fossil fuels, ending a three-year standoff over the environmental...
Alberta Wildfires Shut About 7% of Canada’s Oil Production June 3, 2025 By Robert Tuttle Wildfires in Canada’s energy heartland of Alberta have shut down almost 350,000 barrels of daily heavy crude production — about...
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...