oil and gas industry

LAWRENCE, Kan. (KPR) -- The Kansas Corporation Commission is disputing a newspaper article about the number of abandoned oil and gas wells in the state. The Topeka Capital-Journal recently reported that the state has 22,000 abandoned wells. The article was also picked up by the Associated Press.

Natural gas is a valuable commodity in most of the world – but not in parts of Texas. Now, in West Texas, oil well operators will pay you to take their...

Houston-based drillers are finding record amounts of oil in West Texas, but environmentalists say they're finding methane, benzene, and other vapors escaping from oil and gas facilities.