In a word, the surface estate owner. If that’s all the learning you are up for today, proceed directly to the musical interludes. If you want to know why the Supreme Court of Texas had to say this ...

Texas is awash in billions of gallons of produced water, the wastewater brought to the surface in oil and gas drilling and fracking. Most produced water is injected into disposal wells. But since ...

Periods of boom and bust have long been a defining feature of the oil and gas industry. The most recent bust in and around 2020 and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic caused significant investment ...

The legal frameworks governing statutory lien rights of oil and gas trade creditors vary significantly between Texas and Louisiana (as well as among other hydrocarbon-producing states). Material ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota Monitor. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories in your inbox every week. Millions of Americans ...

FILE – Oil well workers prepare to plug an orphaned well on the Rooke family ranch, May 18, 2021, near Refugio, Texas. Abandoned or "orphaned" oil and gas wells can present a significant environmental ...