flaring

By Mitch BordenIn the last decade, as the oil and gas industry in the Permian Basin and other shale plays have boomed, so have the number of flares across…

By Travis Bubenik, Houston Public MediaA new study reveals more evidence that oil and gas companies are significantly under-reporting how much natural gas…

By Mose Buchele, KUTNatural 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…

By Mitch Borden An environmental group plans to take legal action against a Permian Basin facility it says is one of the area’s biggest polluters. Before…

By Kiah Collier, Texas TribuneCompanies drilling for fossil fuels in West Texas' Permian Basin are flaring off significantly more gas than they say they…

Here in West Texas, there are two major searches ongoing. While companies in the Permian Basin seek more deposits of oil and gas underground, astronomers…