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Aghorn Operating and Kodiak Roustabout were ordered to pay combined fines of $1.4 million. A company executive was sentenced ...

When Lorena Moscardelli attended a geology lecture as an undergrad, she was mesmerized and never turned back. Now, she’s the ...

The Trump administration pushing OPEC to increase production in an already oversupplied global market caused oil prices to plummet.

The Texas oil and gas industry is concerned about the uncertainty surrounding energy production and prices despite President ...

More than five years after a deadly gas leak claimed the lives of Jacob and Natalee Dean, three parties, an oilfield company, ...

A West Texas oil executive will go to prison for violating laws meant to protect workers — actions that led to the deaths of ...

Pfluger was joined by EPA Regional Administrator Scott Mason and North Dakota Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak for a site visit ...

Hess' liquidity backstop is very strong. The firm has $1.2 billion in cash and more than $3 billion available on its credit facility as of the last reporting period. In addition, the term structure of ...

This week’s drop in oil prices means cheaper gas on the horizon, but a potentially worrisome blow to the Texas economy.

The Texas economy has thrived under the proliferation of free trade agreements in recent decades, but it has made the state ...

A jury voted unanimously to award $1.4 million in damages to Driftwood Energy against KLX Energy Services in a breach of contract dispute and another $800,000 in attorney fees with up to $335,000 more ...