oil & gas

A judge ruled Senate Bill 13, passed in 2021, violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The law prevented state investments in firms it deemed as boycotting oil and gas companies.

Refineries in Texas and along its Gulf Coast could get a boost from Venezuela's heavy crude. But oil producers might hesitate to get involved in the country while its future remains uncertain.

Texas-based oil companies have largely been silent on Trump’s assertion that they would help to rebuild Venezuela’s oil infrastructure.

Thousands of oil wells have been abandoned in Oklahoma over the years. KOSU's Anna Pope visited three sites in the Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge to see how the Well Done Foundation plugs orphan oil wells.

Senate Bill 1150, which is on its way to Gov. Greg Abbott, is a rare example of the Texas Legislature regulating the state’s oil and gas industry.

The Senate Energy Committee passed the proposed legislation in a Thursday meeting.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond joined the challenge last year against Democrat-led states that filed lawsuits against fossil fuel entities like BP, Exxon Mobil and the American Petroleum Institute.

The state expected millions of dollars to plug wells abandoned by their owners. But the funds are in limbo under a new federal administration.

Executive orders issued by President Donald Trump within hours of his inauguration indicate plans to expand fossil fuel production and lift regulations on producers.

Researchers are looking into whether sites in Osage and Kay Counties can be used for permanent underground carbon storage.