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Odessa American
April 4, 2018
Yet in 2010 the Texas Railroad Commission considered requiring gas utilities to replace all steel lines following several North Texas explosions. When asked about the decades-long timeline for replacing steel pipes, here was Atmos' response: “Is it fast enough?” CEO Michael Haefner said. “That's a goodÃâà...
San Antonio Business Journal
April 3, 2018
Houston-based Verdun Oil Company LLC is expanding the Eagle Ford Shale just south of San Antonio. The company, which is named after a World War I battlefield in northern France, recently filed drilling permits applications seeking permission from the Railroad Commission of Texas for three new oilÃâà...
Dallas Business Journal
April 3, 2018
In 2017 there were 99,471 active gas wells in the state, according to the Railroad Commission of Texas. This map shows how much total natural gas each county produced between Jan. 1, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2017. Significant natural gas operations are spread throughout the state, but the most intenseÃâà...
Odessa American
April 3, 2018
Panelists will be Amy Myers Jaffe, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Christ Craddick and Gary Sernovitz. Jaffe is the David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations and a leading expert on global energy policy, energy and sustainability andÃâà...
Lufkin Daily News
April 2, 2018
The company says it has replaced 400 miles of cast iron pipes — generally the oldest in the system — in North Texas and plans to replace the remaining 400 miles. While plastic pipes are the preferred choice, Atmos maintains the steel ones are safe. Yet in 2010 the Texas Railroad Commission consideredÃâà...
Chron.com
April 2, 2018
The Railroad Commission, which regulates gas utilities in Texas, also said it would examine the fairness of gas rates in the wake of tax cuts. In January, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other state attorneys general, asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure that utilities passÃâà...
Texas Tribune
April 2, 2018
In last month's Republican primary, former Texas Water Board Commission chairman Bech Bruun came in first but by a narrower margin than many expected, drawing ... Bruun is a known figure in state politics and touts endorsements from Perry, Railroad Commission Chairman Christi Craddick, state Reps.
Community Impact Newspaper
April 2, 2018
A panel of representatives from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Texas Railroad Commission stated a recent oil well blowout should pose no risk to long-term health and groundwater at a town hall meeting hosted Tuesday by Senator Borris Miles, D-Houston, in Missouri City.
Midland Reporter-Telegram
April 1, 2018
AUSTIN –– The Railroad Commission of Texas reported that 8.51 million barrels were produced in Midland County during the month of January and that total topped production in all counties in the state. Production in Midland topped the 5.2 million barrels in Karnes County, which is located southeast ofÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
April 1, 2018
Texas Railroad Commission Chairwoman Christi Craddick has said the RRC will look into natural gas rates in the wake of tax cuts. In January, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general in asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to make sureÃâà...
Weatherford Democrat
March 30, 2018
A spokeswoman for the Texas Railroad Commission, which governs the state's oil and gas industry, said the agency has not seen the report. But Gene Powell, Odessa-district spokesman for the Texas Department of Transportation, is familiar with the report and said the spread of sagging and upliftingÃâà...
Denton Record Chronicle
March 30, 2018
After two explosions, Atmos "did nothing to investigate or inspect its lines," according to the suit, adding that the company lied to regulators at the Texas Railroad Commission and "blamed cooking activity." One email from a commission employee, obtained by The Dallas Morning News, incorrectly stated theÃâà...
Dallas Business Journal
March 29, 2018
Energy companies had a much better year in 2017. Spurred by a drilling boom in West Texas' Permian Basin and oil prices hovering around $60 a barrel (and flirting with $70 a barrel recently), Texas' total oil production for 2017 was 1.05 billion barrels, according to the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Austin American-Statesman
March 29, 2018
The news release says Craddick, who is an elected member of the Texas Railroad Commission and who has long counted members of the oil and gas industry as her chief donors, was honored for “ensuring safe, responsible energy production in Texas, while reducing or removing unnecessary regulatoryÃâà...
Dallas News (blog)
March 29, 2018
After two explosions, Atmos "did nothing to investigate or inspect its lines," according to the suit, adding that the company lied to regulators at the Texas Railroad Commission and "blamed cooking activity." One email from a commission employee, obtained by The Dallas Morning News, incorrectly stated theÃâà...
Dallas News
March 27, 2018
The company says it has replaced 400 miles of cast iron pipes — generally the oldest in the system — in North Texas and plans to replace the remaining 400 miles. While plastic pipes are the preferred choice, Atmos maintains the steel ones are safe. Yet in 2010 the Texas Railroad Commission consideredÃâà...
Digital Journal
March 25, 2018
Decades of oil drilling in West Texas have destabilized localities in a 4,000-square-mile area, which is populated by small towns, roadways and a vast network ... Satellite imagery and oil well production data from the Railroad Commission of Texas helped the scientists connect the ground movement to oilÃâà...
Dallas News (blog)
March 25, 2018
Atmos took more than a month to completely repair 76 leaks in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to Texas Railroad Commission data that covers 2013 through 2017. The commission regulates energy operations in the state. Another 800 hazardous leaks over those years took between one week andÃâà...
Fort Worth Star Telegram (blog)
March 24, 2018
Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) Chairman Christi Craddick has said the RRC will look into natural gas rates in the wake of tax cuts. In January, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general in asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to make sureÃâà...
EcoWatch
March 23, 2018
Combined with oil-well production data from the Railroad Commission of Texas, the researchers concluded that the area's sinking and uplifting ground is associated with decades of oil activity and its effect on rocks below Earth's surface. "Based on our observations and analyses, human activities of fluidÃâà...
Dallas News (blog)
March 22, 2018
Lu and co-author Jin-Woo Kim, an SMU research scientist in the earth sciences department, examined about 4,000 square miles using satellite radar images from the European Space Agency and compared them with oil drilling data from the Texas Railroad Commission. The research covered Pecos,Ãâà...
San Antonio Business Journal
March 21, 2018
Lilis filed for 19 drilling permits with the Railroad Commission of Texas in 2017 and has filed for two of them on the Lone Star State side of the Permian Basin so far this year. Ormand said the company plans to drill four horizontal oil wells with longer laterals targeting the Wolfcamp geological layer in NewÃâà...
San Antonio Business Journal
March 21, 2018
Over the past two weeks, Statoil filed three drilling permit applications with the Railroad Commission of Texas for a trio horizontal wells in Karnes County. The company is seeking permission to drill three oil wells on its Wess 4-Slgtr Ecrr (SA) lease off State Highway 72 about three miles southwest of Runge.
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
March 21, 2018
The Texas Railroad Commission (TRRC) which regulates gas utilities is involved in the investigation, too. New records obtained by NBC 5 from the TRRC suggest gas provider Atmos Energy has agreed to replace only a small fraction of distribution lines in the company's Mid-Tex division which includesÃâà...
TribTalk
March 20, 2018
Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) Chairman Christi Craddick has said the RRC will look into natural gas rates in the wake of tax cuts. In January, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general in asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to make sureÃâà...
CBS DFW
March 20, 2018
Hours before the February explosion, according to e-mails between Atmos and the Texas Railroad Commission, Atmos crews were investigating a gas leak directly behind Linda Rogers' home. The utility company, however, did not evacuate neighbors or turn off the gas. Atmos officials did not answer CBSÃâà...
San Antonio Business Journal
March 8, 2018
The stage is set for a four-way race for a seat on the Railroad Commission of Texas in the November general election. Under Texas state law, the agency, which regulates the oil and natural gas industry, is lead by three commissioners. Serving six-year terms, elections for the three commissioners areÃâà...
Austin American-Statesman
March 6, 2018
Updated 10:46 p.m.: Texas Railroad Commission Chairwoman Christi Craddick has beaten back her GOP opponent and will face Democrat Roman ... Earlier: Texas Railroad Commission Chairwoman Christi Craddick held a large lead over her opponent in the Republican primary, Weston Martinez,Ãâà...
Dallas News (blog)
March 2, 2018
And we'll decide a Dallas County district attorney's race, judges, and who'll represent us on important state boards such as the Texas Railroad Commission (which regulates the oil and gas industry) and the Texas Board of Education (which sets curriculum standards for our public schools). The issuesÃâà...
MyStatesman.com
March 2, 2018
In the race for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, the agency that regulates the state's oil and gas industry, candidates differ on hydraulic fracturing's environmental impact, the agency's transparency and the state's relationship with the federal government. Commission Chairwoman Christi CraddickÃâà...
Dallas News
February 26, 2018
The Texas agency that regulates pipelines has joined federal investigators to look into an explosion that killed a girl in a northwest Dallas ... The Railroad Commission of Texas, which oversees pipeline operators, said it had sent two inspectors to Dallas to work closely with local and federal investigators.
Science Daily
December 31, 1999
The imagery, coupled with oil-well production data from the Texas Railroad Commission, suggests the area's unstable ground is associated with decades of oil activity and its effect on rocks below the surface of the earth. The SMU researchers caution that ground movement may extend beyond what radarÃâà...
