A new Texas bill limiting oilfield inactivity could ease environmental harms and taxpayer burdens from orphan oil and gas ...

Texas leads the United States in oil and gas production, including producing 43% of the nation’s crude oil and 27% of its ...

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Apr. 2—AUSTIN — Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for January 2025 came from 158,555 oil wells and 83,176 gas wells ...