Rep. Cesar Blanco of El Paso doesn’t want to rush into a special legislation session following the attack on his city last weekend. “We want to make sure this is done right,” he told us in an interview. That means gathering data and having community input in any potential legislative action.
Texas has no plan for an incoming wave of abandoned oil wells
In the past six years, 132 Texas oil and gas companies have filed for bankruptcy. Many went under as the pandemic drove down demand for oil, causing the price of oil to temporarily plummet to historically low levels. In general however, the industry is...
