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December 13, 2013

Analysts Divided On Oil Price In 2014: Effect On Permian Basin Boom

This story was produced by member station KXWT. The energy boom in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico is driving one of the nation’s fastest growing regional economies. But growth is tied to the price of oil and some prominent energy analysts suggest the price of crude will fall in 2014. Oil wells operating round the clock […]

December 11, 2013

Why Foreign Companies Love Texas (Hint: Oil & Gas)

These days in Texas, you can’t go far without running into a billion-dollar industrial plant or drilling operation backed by some very non-Texan investors. “We’re very big fans of Texas,” said Omar Darwazah, a corporate development executive with OCI. OCI is a fertilizer chemical company now based in the Netherlands but with roots in Egypt. […]

December 9, 2013

Keystone XL Pipeline Gets First Barrels of Oil On Way to Texas

The Keystone XL pipeline has come to Texas. The controversial project that will bring heavy oil mined from sand pits in Canada to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast has been waiting on presidential approval for years. But in the meantime, the company has gone ahead and built the stretch of pipeline from Oklahoma to […]

December 5, 2013

When Could The New Texas Oil Rush Beat the Boom of the 70s?

A lot was made this week of numbers showing record-breaking numbers for daily oil production in Texas. Those figures, from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). In September, the most recent month for the data, drillers in Texas pulled about 2.7 million barrels of oil a day from the earth, most of it from the state’s two […]

December 2, 2013

Another Earthquake Makes for a Shaky Black Friday in North Texas

View North Texas Earthquakes in a larger map A map of recent earthquakes (in red) and oil and gas wastewater disposal wells outside of Fort Worth. Active disposal wells are in green; inactive wells are in yellow. Map by Michael Marks/Terrence Henry UPDATE: Another earthquake, magnitude 2.7, hit two miles north of Azle, Texas at […]

November 26, 2013

If Rains Refill Reservoirs, Can Texas’ Dams Hold Up?

Recent rain and snow haven’t been enough to replenish Texas’ water supply. Years of drought have taken their toll on the state’s reservoirs, some of which remain nearly empty. Eventually, the reservoirs should fill back up. (Hopefully.) But it’s unclear if Texas’ infrastructure will be able to hold back the waters once that happens. Experts […]

November 20, 2013
November 15, 2013

Looking at Pipeline Safety After the Chevron Gas Line Explosion

You might have heard that there was a national “Stand Down” yesterday – a day designated to create safety awareness at oil and gas sites in Texas and the rest of the country. The Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration has been holding these throughout the year, calling on companies to have workers stop for part of the […]

November 14, 2013

Evacuations Underway After Chevron Gas Pipeline Explodes In Milford

From KERA News: A gas pipeline has exploded in Ellis County – and evacuations of hundreds of people are underway. Update, 2:54 p.m.: KERA’s BJ Austin reports: Emergency crews called for the evacuation of Milford because of the thick, black, low-hanging smoke blowing that way. Steve Fano with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth says […]

October 22, 2013

Energy-Related Carbon Emissions Dropped Nearly 4 Percent Last Year

New numbers from the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA) show that energy-related carbon emissions continue to fall in the country, down nearly four percent last year. “The 2012 downturn means that emissions are at their lowest level since 1994 and over 12 percent below the recent 2007 peak,” the EIA reports. Those declines have occurred in 5 […]

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