Permian Basin

After 61 temblors, Scurry County Judge Dan Hicks declared a state of disaster on Friday as many in the Big Country felt the second big quake in less than six days.

A report from Earthworks said the Texas Railroad Commission is allowing oil producers to violate safety laws that protect workers and the public from hydrogen sulfide gas.

Communities and small companies that rely on the oil industry are struggling.

The oil and gas industry has become more active in the Permian Basin in recent years, and west Texas residents have complained of noxious smells and…

From Texas Standard: With communities bowing under the stress of school overcrowding, soaring traffic fatalities, drug abuse and strains on the power...

From Texas Standard . Does the Wink Sink ring any bells for you? It is, as the name implies, a pair of giant sinkholes near the town of Wink, located...

San-Antonio based oil and gas refiner Andeavor announced plans Friday to build a 130-mile crude oil pipeline system in the Delaware Basin, which extends…

A new study by UTSA’s Institute for Economic Development shows a rapidly-rising economy is in store for the West Texas oil and gas play. The largest oil…

Fronteras: The energy boom in Texas and New Mexico is inadvertently compromising the jet-black night skies that astronomers need to do their research.…

Texas Matters: The Environmental Protection Agency drew fire from gas interests and politicians in how it handled the case in Parker County, which is west…