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Jan. 4—AUSTIN — The Railroad Commission announced Tuesday it has launched an interactive map of ongoing orphan well plugging with the use of federal infrastructure funding. The data ...
INVESTIGATION: Texas oil companies are leaking toxic gas near schools and homes. Regulators do little to stop them. The Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil industry, doesn’t map sites ...
The map shows a majority ... and between Hutto and Taylor. The railroad commission tracks pipeline breaks, which showed more than 10,000 incidents across Texas in 2023. However, most issues ...
“Even the simplest well can take time,” said Nicholas Harrel, a state managed plugger with the Texas Railroad Commission. From the air, the wells look like pinpricks across the Texas landscap ...
“We had a great session,” said Railroad Commission Chair Christi Craddick, who was in Midland on Thursday for Gov. Greg ...
But the Texas landscape ... added annually to the Railroad Commission’s list of those to be plugged at taxpayer expense is in the hundreds. Use the searchable map below to find orphan wells ...
June 29 (Reuters) - The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC), which oversees the ... that are on the state’s Electricity Supply Chain Map, which the Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted in ...
EXPLAINER: What is the Texas Railroad Commission? On Nov. 5 ... including upgrades to its public-facing system that maps the state’s oil and gas and wastewater injection wells.