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Jeffrey Martin & Ted Cruz | Dallas Morning News | September 21, 2018 A year after weathering one of the costliest storms in American history, many residents of Port Arthur, Texas, are still picking up the pieces from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey. The storm damaged nearly eight in 10 homes and businesses. More importantly, 68 precious lives were lost.

Texans For Natural Gas | September 19, 2018 There’s little doubt that oil production provides significant economic benefits in Texas – from record low unemployment in the Permian Basin to generating billions of dollars in state and local tax revenue. But what may be less appreciated is how exports of crude oil are enhancing these benefits, all while helping to reduce our national trade deficit.

David Blackmon | Forbes | August 30, 2018 Judging from the attendance at Wednesday's State of Energy event in Corpus Christi, things are going pretty strong in South Texas and the Eagle Ford Shale region. The discussions at the Luncheon event made clear that if the industry in Texas and nationally is to continue to grow, crude oil exports must grow along with it.

John Siciliano | Washington Examiner | September 7, 2018 U.S. oil exports reached new soaring heights in the first six months of 2018, with half of all exports going to Europe and Asia and India shoring up the rest, according to new data from the federal government.

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Maxx Chatsko | The Motley Fool | September 9, 2018 The United States will be a net energy exporter no later than 2022. Liquefied natural gas, or LNG, will play a crucial role in the future of natural gas.

Matt Egan | CNN | September 12, 2018 Move over Russia and Saudi Arabia. America has reclaimed its throne atop the oil world.

Phoebe Suy | My San Antonio | September 10, 2018 With offshore oil production on the verge of a comeback, small communities with strong industry ties like Sabine Pass are looking to benefit from a pending and hoped-for boom.

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Texans For Natural Gas | September 6, 2018 The Permian Basin has seen record-breaking oil and natural gas production in recent years, but a lack of pipeline infrastructure has limited the region’s ability to reach its full potential. The good news is that’s changing. Numerous pipeline and other infrastructure projects are in the works to connect the vast amount of oil and natural gas in the Permian to both domestic and international markets.

Texans For Natural Gas | September 5, 2018 Following the recent announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that Bexar County was in non-attainment under federal ozone standards, critics tried to blame nearby oil and gas development in the Eagle Ford Shale for the region’s air pollution. But the facts tell a different story.

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The Editorial Board | The Wall Street Journal | August 30, 2018 Houston-Galveston exports exceed imports for the first time.

Mark J. Perry | AEI | August 24, 2018 Remarkably, just the oil production coming out of the Permian Basin region in West Texas has exceeded Venezuela’s entire output in every month since January of last year.

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Fracking in Permian Basin leads to oil exports. Matt Egan | CNN Money | August 23, 2018 For the first time, the Lone Star state's biggest port district recently exported more crude oil than it imported, according to the Energy Department.

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Jordan Blum | Houston Chronicle | August 3, 2018 Houston pipeline firm Targa Resources said it is teaming up with a bevy of partners to build a 600-mile natural gas pipeline system from West Texas' Permian Basin to the Corpus Christi and Houston regions.

Mella McEwen | MRT.com/Midland Reporter-Telegram | August 4, 2018 Permian Basin crude and natural gas production growth is so strong, it's outpacing pipeline projects that have yet to be fully designed, much less built.

Dallas Morning News Editorial | August 9, 2018 Texas is producing more oil than ever this year, and experts think the volume will grow so much over the next few years, we will soon surpass the production of several OPEC countries.

Liz Hampton | Reuters | August 3, 2018 Job fairs are stocked with people hungry for better opportunities, but inside the MCM Grande Hotel in Odessa, Texas, oil services giant Halliburton is the one doing the wooing.

Kirsten Geddes | KTRE | August 3, 2018 The oil and gas industry in the Permian Basin continues to grow as more and more drilling rigs pop up.

Rebecca Elliot | Wall Street Journal | July 30, 2018 Drillers are pumping so much oil and gas that pipelines considered more than adequate just a few years ago now are overwhelmed. Epic Midstream Holdings LP said last year it would build its first oil pipeline in America’s most active oil field. It won’t be finished until next year, but already Epic Midstream is considering making it bigger.

Texans For Natural Gas | July 25, 2018 If you're not already proud to be a Texan, these ten things sure will make you proud! These are in no particular order, because they're equally important to the Lone Star State!

CNN Money via WBAP | July 17, 2018 Don’t mess with Texas. It’s a global oil superpower.  The shale oil boom has brought a gold rush mentality to the Lone Star State, which is home to not one but two massive oilfields.