Oil
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The Number Of Oil Spills in Texas Dropped 26 Percent in 2016
The number of spills in 2016 was the lowest Texas had seen since 2012.
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Oil Theft is Increasing in West Texas
Marfa Public Radio reports on the down side of the boom.
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Gas Prices Are at a Twelve-Year Low Throughout Texas, But Don’t Count on it to Last
Start your summer vacations early, if you can.
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Houston’s Real Estate Market Feeling The Effects Of Oil’s Price Drop
Don’t be fooled by claims of economic diversification—the city still runs on oil.
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Oil Price Anxiety Forecast: Mild Consternation
Let’s not overreact, but let’s not underreact either.
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Learning to Roughneck
Growing up in the Permian Basin, I thought I had a sense of what it was like working the oilfields. Turns out I didn’t know a damn thing.
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Three Reasons Not to Panic About Oil Prices
Texas is much less vulnerable to an oil bust than it once was, or than one might think.
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What Other Texas Municipalities Are Considering New Fracking Laws?
Denton's fracking ban is facing constitutional challenges, but other parts of the state are keen to enforce laws of their own against fracking.
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The Bust of Times
Can Texas’s oil and natural gas boom keep going forever?
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Midland: The Second-Richest City in America
Residents in the more upscale half of the Permian Basin make more money per capita than people in New York, San Francisco, Dallas, and Houston.