The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) reported statewide crude oil and natural gas production figures for July 2026, drawn from 154,978 oil wells and 82,624 gas wells, according to an Oct. 1 agency news release.
The South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER) hosted a luncheon in San Antonio honoring the winners of the annual Eagle Ford Excellence Awards, according to a Sept. 30 news release from the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA).
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality opened applications Sept. 30 for the Texas Hydrogen Infrastructure, Vehicles, and Equipment Program, known as THIVE, making approximately $16 million in competitive grants available, according to a news release from the agency.
Railroad Commission of Texas Commissioner Wayne Christian applauded the Trump administration's finalization of new federal fuel economy standards that reverse requirements set under the Biden administration, according to a Sept. 29 news release from the agency.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas decides Oct. 1 whether to start writing a rule that would measure what a data center actually uses inside its own fence line, rather than at the single meter where the utility's wires end.
Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 28 issued a statewide disaster proclamation allowing expanded use of dyed diesel on Texas roads, raising the allowable weight for certain loads and suspending Texas Low Emission Diesel (TxLED) rules to the extent the federal Environmental Protection Agency authorizes, according to a news release from the governor's office.
Railroad Commission of Texas Commissioner Wayne Christian is calling on Texas oil and gas producers, pipeline operators and other energy companies to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses, according to a Sept. 24 statement from the commissioner's office, following recent cyberattacks on Texas-bound energy tankers and federal warnings that foreign adversaries are targeting industrial control systems.
On Sept. 30, a Texas House select committee will take testimony on a question no Texas Legislature has formally studied: whether the state can absorb counties that currently belong to New Mexico.
David Thompson lives across the road from one of two data center campuses rising on San Antonio's far West Side, each with its own gas-fired power plant.
Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian urged Texas oil and gas operators to report petroleum product and property theft, according to a Sept. 22 news release from the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), after testimony before a Senate committee highlighted the growing cost of oilfield crime.