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Texas regulator applauds state Board of Education for cancelling $8.5 billion contract BlackRock

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(WO) – Following news that the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) and Chairman Aaron Kinsey would terminate an $8.5 billion contract with BlackRock, Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian applauded the SBOE’s decision, which protects Texas’ Permanent School …

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Texas regulator to deploy acclaimed well-plugging program along Texas coast

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AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission’s well-plugging program will utilize its expertise to plug hard to reach orphaned wells located along the Coastal Bend of Texas in Baffin Bay, Humble Channel and Pita Island.

The RRC has signed a …

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Texas regulator issued 639 drilling oil, gas drilling permits in November 2023

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AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 639 original drilling permits in November 2023. The total includes 588 to drill new oil or gas wells, five to re-enter plugged wellbores and 37 for re-completions …

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Texas regulator to overhaul oil field waste management, water protection rules for first time in four decades

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AUSTIN- For the first time in nearly 40 years, the Railroad Commission’s Statewide Rule 8 will undergo a substantial overhaul to better reflect modern waste management practices and recent advancements in oil and natural gas production methods.

One …

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Texas regulator closes gas-winterization loophole

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HOUSTON (Bloomberg) –Texas’s top oil and gas regulator voted Tuesday to more clearly define who’ll be at the top of the list to keep receiving electricity during severe winter weather, closing an earlier draft loophole that critics said …