Mar. 17—AUSTIN — The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of the Inspector General has released an audit report showing the Railroad Commission of Texas successfully used federal grant funding for ...

The state of Texas will infuse more cash into a program for plugging inactive oil and gas wells in 2026 and 2027, as the average cost of sealing each well has rapidly increased. The state is ...

Regarding "Hawk Dunlap loves the oil industry. That’s why he’s fighting Chevron. | Opinion," (Aug. 13): The Railroad Commission of Texas rejects the narrative parroted by the Houston Chronicle that ...

Onshore wells typically cost about $30,000 to plug, yet the commission has paid more than 10 times that amount to plug wells that are gushing with contaminated water. The commission, which regulates ...

Another orphaned oil well in West Texas erupted with black, salty water this month as state regulators struggle to address ...

A 200-foot-wide sinkhole is growing at an alarming rate around an abandoned oil well in Texas, according to the family that owns the land but not the oil. The air around the massive crater in West ...

The Railroad Commission of Texas said it has issued its first permit for a deep geo-pressured, geothermal well to Sage Geosystems in Atascosa County. Image by Astrid860 via iStock In a statement ...

The Railroad Commission has reported the number of original drilling permits and completions it issued in June. The commission issued a total of 606 original drilling permits in June. The total ...

The chair of the powerful and deceptively named Texas Railroad Commission is defending her seat this November at a time when the state’s oil and gas industry is booming but the agency that regulates ...

On November 12, 2025, the Railroad Commission of Texas (“RRC”) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that EPA had granted ...

AUSTIN To further foster transparency, education and public engagement, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) on Wednesday announced the official launch of its new podcast, Texas Energy on Track.