Environment. In West Texas, Astronomers Worry About Growing Oilfield Light Pollution. A major Texas observatory is trying to convince oil and gas companies to minimize light pollution from things ...

Pioneer Natural Resources, the Irving-based company that ranks as one of the country’s largest independent oil and gas firms, is estimating the recoverable oil in a single field in West Texas ...

ODESSA — At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was pilfered. The Winkler ...

Over 7,000 earthquakes have hit West Texas since 2019, ... Representative image of an oil field in Texas. Researchers have found there were over 7,000 earthquakes in West Texas in the last 10 years.

Oilfield wastewater injected underground is causing earthquakes and blowouts. ... IMPERIAL — There is water in all the wrong places in this corner of West Texas.

Kinder Morgan assumed control over a salty, oily geyser that prompted a new no-fly zone in a West Texas oil field that extends 8,000 feet high. Houston Chronicle Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo Skip ...

These thefts are not common in other parts of the state, but because of the large oil and gas industry in West Texas, oil field equipment and cheap places to live are in high demand.

At current efficiency levels, treating all the effluent of the West Texas oil field would require up to 26 gigawatts of power, more than the total generation capacity of most U.S. states.

Wight, a fourth-generation West Texas rancher, has watched this problem grow for years. He said the commission has plugged about 10 old wells leaking onto the surface of his property.

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Three years ago, when crude prices still floated above $100 a barrel and the nation's oil fields were booming, Clint Concord could hire 20 new workers a day in the West ...

A view of McDonald Observatory in West Texas. Astronomers have grown concerned about light pollution from oilfield activity in the region, and the observatory has worked to educate companies on ...

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