With the good can also come the bad, and that’s certainly been the case with the drilling boom going on in various parts of Texas these days. As drillers use thousands of trucks — hauling millions of gallons of water and other supplies to rigs — roads inevitably suffer. Naturally, people are questioning who is […]
One UT professor is finding new connections between drilling activity and quakes. Should Texans be concerned?
As drilling for oil and gas has surged in Texas, so have injuries and deaths. But there are promising efforts to reduce accidents.
Lots of rigs, not enough homes, and luxury cars flying off the lot. Just don’t call it an oil “boom.”
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