The price of Texas crude hovered over $100 a barrel this week as the Iran war stressed markets. But Houston's oil industry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pump jacks line a field where the Railroad Commsion of Texas plugs an orphan well in Luling on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

President Donald Trump promised “we will drill, baby, drill” during his 2025 inauguration speech. But this rallying cry for oil companies conflicted with another, more-important priority for the new ...

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If the price of oil remains high, Houston’s luxury real estate could appreciate along with it. As the epicenter of the oil industry in the U.S., the city’s riches have long been tied to energy. A ...

Dunlap began his oilfield career in Spring Hill 35 years ago, and he has traveled to 103 countries working on oil wells and fighting oil well fires and blowouts. All that, of course, was after he was ...

The number of orphaned wells across Texas reached over 11,000 at the end of 2025, breaking a 20-year record, according to the latest data from the state. So-called orphaned wells are oil and gas wells ...

New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public. An investigation in 2024 by ProPublica and Capital & Main ...