Technology to treat produced water has advanced. But critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

Aging and abandoned oil wells in West Texas are causing significant environmental damage, public health risks, and financial ...

West Odessa residents face health risks from oil and gas industry pollution, impacting water quality and safety.

Texas leads the United States in oil and gas production, including producing 43% of the nation’s crude oil and 27% of its natural gas in 2023. Yet its cornerstone industry could be straining the state ...

Billions of gallons of freshwater are used for fracking every year in Colorado. Companies will now have to gradually increase ...

Audrey Robertson, tapped by Trump in February, is a C-suite and board veteran at oil and gas firms in the western U.S. She ...

Oil firms in the Permian Basin are investing in water management and recycling to sustain operations and explore new ...

In May 2024 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered after four decades of ...

Spanning 42 miles, Atlas Energy Solutions' "Dune Express" is the longest conveyor belt in the country, cutting across oil fields from Kermit, Texas, to Lea County, New Mexico. The conveyor belt offers ...

Fracking, the increasing use of which has ... a local oil and gas executive and former chair of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, put it. Zombie wells are “a black eye for the industry ...