Oil

There are thousands of abandoned wells across the country, and governments are often forced to pick up the cost of plugging them.

Julie Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle on June 28, 2021 — the hottest day in the city's history. A lawsuit claims she was a victim of oil companies' "misrepresentations" about climate change.

Many oil company executives celebrated Donald Trump's return to the White House. But now expectations of higher profits are fading amid fears of a recession.

Oilmen against limits on oil production attacked a state representative at the Stephen F. Austin hotel in 1933. The attack would influence senators voting on the Railroad Commission's authority.

It took a man actively trying not to find oil to make the biggest oil discovery in U.S. history.

Texas regulators are taking public comment about how they should implement an EPA rule to reduce methane leaks from the oil and gas industry.

The spill at the Port of Victoria was a mixture of crude oil, diesel, and hydrogen sulfide. It caused numerous complaints among residents in the Coastal Bend.

As climate researchers say the world must transition away from new oil and gas production, ExxonMobil is acquiring a major U.S. shale oil company with one of the country's biggest oil fields.

The spill was originally estimated at 90 barrels of light crude before a later tally put it at 335 barrels, or 14,000 gallons.

Texas passed SB13 and SB19 to protect the oil and gun industries by boycotting lenders with ESG policies. A study shows it's costing Texas hundreds of millions of dollars.