Texas Oil Boom: “The Biggest Income Opportunity in America”
Robert Baillieul | Income Investors | March 14, 2019
McMullen County used to be a sleepy rural town just a few short years ago. But thanks to a recent Texas oil boom, the community has become the richest in the country.
Read moreTexas’ oil success relies on better ports
Matt Gallagher | Houston Chronicle | March 13, 2019
If you travel along the Texas Gulf Coast today, look closely and you will take in a scene that would have seemed near impossible a decade ago - more domestic oil loaded onto ships for export than international oil being imported. This turn of events ultimately means greater energy security for the United States, but there is still work to be done.
Read moreTIPRO Analysis Details Texas Oil & Gas Workforce Trends
World Oil | March 19, 2019
Rising production of oil and natural gas in the Lone Star State is opening new doors for Texans seeking employment opportunities with energy companies. A new analysis released today by the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) indicates the Texas oil and natural gas industry had approximately 90,700 job postings so far this year during the months of January and February, of which 15,375 job listings were unique. Employment opportunities for the state’s oil and gas industry have been most concentrated in the cities of Houston and Midland, which are central to much of the energy activity and business engagements for the Texas oil and gas industry.
Read moreAbbott Pans Green New Deal, Praises Texas Oil and Gas Industry
Jonathan Tilove | Austin-American Statesman | February 27, 2019
Gov. Greg Abbott told a convention of Texas oil and gas producers Wednesday not to worry about Democrats’ Green New Deal, an ambitious agenda to combat climate change that the governor said is so far out and far left that it will only ensure Republican political dominance.
Read moreOil & Gas Group Launches Webpage to Track Permian Basin Pipeline Projects
Sergio Chapa | Houston Chronicle | March 6, 2019
A group funded by the oil and natural gas industry has launched a new webpage to track the progress of 13 Permian Basin to Gulf Coast pipeline projects under construction.
Read moreNew Pipeline Capacity Dwarfs Flared Gas Volumes in the Permian
Steve Everley | Midland Reporter-Telegram | March 4, 2019
The proposed pipeline capacity expected to come online in the Permian Basin over the next three years is vastly greater than the estimated volumes of flared gas, according to a Texans for Natural Gas analysis.
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