Energy
September 24, 2021
Natural Gas Prices Are Surging. Why Aren’t Texas Drillers Taking Advantage?
The state’s shale fields are quiet, keeping supply tight and energy bills higher.
Energy
June 18, 2021
What Is Wrong With the Texas Grid?
Our electric system can’t deliver the power we need when we need it most. But political leaders don't seem all that interested in fixing the problem.
Energy
June 9, 2021
Griddy Argues It Was, in Fact, a Champion of Consumers
The much-maligned—now bankrupt and outlawed—electricity provider offered just the sort of experiment Texas’s energy deregulation sought.
Business
March 16, 2021
Some on Wall Street Profited off Texas Blackouts. In a Private Call, a Top Regulator Pledged He Would Try to Protect Their Windfall.
Public Utility Commission chairman Arthur D’Andrea apologized to investors last week for the “uncertainty” around its profits.
Business
March 4, 2021
Despite Losing Power for Days, Texans Will Pay Higher Power Bills—Perhaps for Decades to Come
The bankruptcies and staggering electricity charges are beginning to arrive. Could it go from bad to worse?
Energy
February 27, 2021
Texas’s Independence Didn’t Cause the Power Crisis
There’s plenty that needs fixing to avoid another electricity disaster, but our isolated grid isn’t the problem.
Energy
January 28, 2021
Can Biden Really Be Any Worse for the Oil Patch Than Trump?
The new president’s energy-related executive actions have stirred opposition in Texas and other oil-producing states. But Biden’s moves are dwarfed by the larger forces that have battered, and will transform, the industry.
Business
November 10, 2020
ExxonMobil’s Failure to Go Green Could Worsen Its Financial Future
As other major oil companies have invested in renewable energy, the Irving-based producer has stubbornly stayed the course.
Energy
April 23, 2020
For a While This Week, Oil Was Cheaper Than Dirt. Should We Be Worried?
Producers, who failed to anticipate how quickly storage would fill up this month, are now scrambling to turn off the taps—at least those who can.
Business
March 29, 2020
What We Know About the Surge in Jobless Claims in Texas
You didn’t have to be a fortune teller or an economist to know that unemployment claims were going to spike.
Energy
October 16, 2019
How One Desperate Energy Executive Launched the Fracking Revolution
When his Houston-based company was on the ropes, George Mitchell pushed his engineers to resuscitate a declining North Texas gas field. The solution they came up with transformed the world.
Business
September 11, 2019
Remembering T. Boone Pickens, the “Aw-Shucks” Billionaire
The Dallas oilman and corporate raider's long, complicated history as an aw-shucks billionaire.
Books
June 26, 2019
What Happens When a Houston Energy Guru Messes With the Power Grid?
‘Wall Street Journal’ reporter Russell Gold’s new book, ‘Superpower,’ crafts an engaging narrative of one man’s quest to modernize the American energy business.
Business
February 20, 2019
Is the World Ready for Dell 3.0?
Michael Dell has transformed the stodgy computer manufacturer that bears his name into a nimble data-management outfit. He’s hoping that's enough to bring the pride of Round Rock back to its former glory.
News & Politics
January 4, 2019
How Herb Kelleher Made the World a Whole Lot Smaller
The Southwest Airlines cofounder was a pioneering entrepreneur who changed the way we travel. He was also a world-class wit, a bon vivant, and a not-so-closet intellectual.
Energy
January 3, 2019
How West Texas Became Woodstock for Frackers
Welcome to the Permian Basin, home of the hottest oil play in the world.
Business
November 13, 2018
The Power Issue: Randall Stephenson Is Dragging AT&T Into the 21st Century
The Dallas executive is trying to make sure the 139-year-old company sticks around for another 139 years.
News & Politics
May 29, 2018
T. Boone Pickens on Selling the Ranch
The entrepreneur and financier confronts mortality in the most Texan of ways: by putting his beloved ranch on the market.
Business
April 17, 2018
A Farewell to Dairy Queens
A recent spate of closures of the iconic restaurant chain has left many communities in the lurch.
Business
January 23, 2018
The Long Fall of iHeart, Once the Most Powerful and Feared Player in Radio
Launched by two of the biggest names in Texas business, Clear Channel was once the most powerful—and feared—player in radio. Now rebranded as iHeartMedia, it’s on the brink of bankruptcy.
Energy
December 8, 2017
Why Offshore Oil Workers Should Reflect on December 10
The date is the anniversary of an important court ruling for oil industry employees.
Energy
November 15, 2017
Important Offshore Safety Measure May Be Lost in Zeal to Repeal Regulations
Operators need to monitor data from their wells in real time in order to prevent the next Deepwater Horizon, experts say.
Energy
October 11, 2017
Why Trump’s Latest Travel Ban May Be Bad for Oil Companies
Recruiting new talent may become more challenging at a time when oil and gas companies need it most.
Energy
September 20, 2017
John Goodenough Plans to Make Gasoline Obsolete
How a wisecracking 95-year-old chemist plans to reenergize the future.
Energy
August 31, 2017
The Post-Harvey Gas Panic
Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton assures the public: ”There’s plenty of gasoline.”
Energy
August 28, 2017
If You Pay More for Gasoline This Week, Blame Harvey
Higher gasoline prices are just another consequence of the storm.
Energy
August 25, 2017
Buffett Rebuffed
How the greatest deal maker in history got outmaneuvered in his bid for Oncor.
Energy
June 5, 2017
Donald Vidrine, BP Company Man on the Deepwater Horizon, Dies
The night supervisor on the Deepwater Horizon died at his home in Louisiana.
News & Politics
April 17, 2017
As it Faces Elimination in Trump’s Budget, Here’s What the Chemical Safety Board Does
And why its $11 million budget is a bargain.
Business
March 22, 2017
Black Elk Down
How did a small Houston oil company with grand ambitions get caught up in the biggest Ponzi scheme since Bernie Madoff?
Energy
March 7, 2017
Here’s The Reason Your Pump Prices Might Rise
What's contango? It's a pricing picture that has helped keep your gasoline prices low, and it's almost gone.
Energy
January 31, 2017
OPEC v. the Frackers: Round Two
When OPEC let oil prices plunge, U.S. producers responded by improving fracking technology.
Energy
January 24, 2017
Big Oil Roars Back
With Rex Tillerson and Rick Perry on his team, Donald Trump is all set to revive the fortunes of the Texas energy sector.
Energy
January 10, 2017
What Rex Tillerson’s Exxon Past Could Tell Us About His Political Future
He’s often described as “diplomatic,” but negotiating business is different than negotiating global relations.
Business
November 23, 2016
The Pot of Cold
How Yeti turned the lowly cooler into a hot commodity—and a white-hot IPO.
Energy
September 29, 2016
Truth and Fiction on the Horizon
The worst offshore oil disaster in U.S. history is getting the Hollywood treatment in "Deepwater Horizon," out today.
Energy
July 20, 2016
Electric Mayhem
Every month, the customers of the state’s smallest energy transmission utility open their bills—and can’t believe what they see.
Business
June 22, 2016
Out of Gas
How Aubrey McClendon, “America’s most reckless billionaire,” left some Houston energy firms holding the tab.
Business
February 24, 2016
The Aspen of Texas
Pretty soon, Round Top won’t look much like Round Top anymore.
The Daily Post
February 12, 2016
Do-It-Yourself Whataburger?
The iconic Texas burger chain’s oldest franchisee claims grocery store sales are part of plan to make its restaurants obsolete.
Business
November 12, 2015
Great Planes
The real-life adventures of Leland Snow, the Thomas Edison of agricultural aviation.
Business
October 21, 2015
Up in the Air
Five years later, Houston is still mourning the loss of Continental Airlines.
Business
August 19, 2015
Whatabattle!
How the iconic burger chain’s attempt to build a bigger, better company alienated some of the people behind its success.
Business
June 12, 2015
Behind the Curtain
For years, Kyle Lagow told his bosses at Countrywide Financial that the company was wreaking havoc on the housing market. But no one listened—until the entire economy came crashing down.