Lawmakers passed a suite of bills that officials said are crucial to combat losses in the state’s largest oil field.

Matta, who represents Odessa's downtown area, said the sports complex is an investment that builds on Odessa’s legacy. “The community has always been about oil and football. We’re known for ...

The fastest-growing US metro area in 2012 was Midland, TX with an eye-popping growth rate of 14.4% in the area’s real GDP, followed by No. 2 Odessa, TX at 14.1% growth.

Tschauner said all of Odessa’s 4,613 hotel and motel rooms have already been rented for the oil show and an overflow of participants will be driving in from Andrews, Seminole, Monahans and other ...

In March, a sheriff's deputy drove out to an oil field west of Odessa after the owner called in to report two of his storage tanks were short more than 400 barrels of crude, worth about $31,000.

In the past year alone, Midland added 8,800 jobs, 7,900 coming in the oil field, construction and transportation sectors. In five years the city’s population has jumped by 15,000 residents to ...

The goal of the Texas STRONG Defense fund is to keep part of the $10.8 billion in severance tax money in counties where oil and gas is produced ...

Today, a delegation of members of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria arrived in the Midland/Odessa area all to meet with companies as part of a trade mission organized by the U.S. Trade and ...

The Permian Basin oil field in New Mexico and Texas started producing shortly after World War I, but almost 100 years later, it seems to keep getting better, and may become the world’s biggest.

The economy of Pecos and a handful of surrounding towns — some little more than sand-blown highway intersections and crowded gas station convenience stores — revolves around the oil fields.

Odessa — known for oil and football — hopes a new multisport complex will draw ... a cafe and a retailer. An exterior area of the center includes 12 fields for soccer, ... Odessa, TX 79761-4590 ...