(Dallas, TX) — From Fort Worth to Dallas, Denton to Greenville and from Paris to Wichita Falls, people are reporting they felt last night’s five-point-oh earthquake in Oklahoma.
Shale for Sale: Looking Beyond the Buzz in the Cline
April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
AUSTIN – Right now, there’s a lot excitement over different Shale formations the across the state and across the country. Shale formations are layers of rock that companies can sometimes drill for oil and gas using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. But along with excitement there sometimes comes hype. For StateImpact Texas, KUT’s Mose Buchele takes a look at marketing in the oil fields, who profits and who can get burned.
Fracking Boom Spurs A Rush to Harness Brackish Water
March 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
MIDLAND – On a recent morning, Tommy Taylor, a manager with the drilling company Fasken Oil & Ranch, stood in the West Texas desert beside two huge pools of water. One contained freshwater, and the other contained brackish water from the Santa Rosa aquifer 1,700 feet beneath Taylor’s feet. Fasken has been mixing the two sources as part of a pilot program to use brackish water in hydraulic fracturing, so that the water-intensive drilling process doesn’t deplete local freshwater wells.
Senate Bill to Fix Roads Damaged by Drilling Trucks
February 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
AUSTIN – This legislative session Lawmakers are considering various ways to manage the oil and gas drilling boom. From tax breaks to encouraging less water use to regulating eminent domain. At a conversation with some lawmakers hosted by StateImpact Texas Tuesday night, there was bipartisan agreement that something needs to be done about one issue in particular.
Texas Watches State of the Union with an Eye on Energy
February 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
AUSTIN – Even before the President’s State of the Union Address was over last night, some environmental and renewable energy groups were sending out congratulatory emails.
Looking for Trouble: Will Lawmakers Beef Up Drilling Inspections?
December 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
HOUSTON – When the Texas legislature starts its new session next month, lawmakers will be taking a close look at the state’s booming oil and gas industry. Some believe the industry has grown far faster than the state’s ability to regulate it.
As Disposal Wells Age, The Risk of Stronger Quakes Grows
December 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
AUSTIN – There’s already a general scientific consensus that the disposal wells used to store waste deep underground from drilling and hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) can cause earthquakes. But researchers are going into a little more detail about the relationship between quakes and wells at this week’s meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
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