June 11, 2019
Texas appears to remain the hottest entry market in the nation for law firms — midsize Pittsburgh group Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir now has an office in the Houston area….
June 11, 2019
Texas legislative veteran, UT and Texas State alumna Jennifer Grossenbacher Jones is the new appointment and the first female to head the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission.
She’s been serving as acting director since last September, when Ken Levine retired, and has been working with the committee since 1993….
Pilot Flying J will now have Cokes for your kids and gasoline for your vacation plus 24 saltwater disposal wells for your oil company
June 11, 2019
Warren Buffett-backed Pilot Flying J is taking on the appearance of an energy-related conglomerate in the making…..
June 11, 2019
In years to come, Corpus Christi will emerge as the top crude exporting hub in the US….
June 10, 2019
MMEX Resources says it has new agreements with unnamed partners to buy the company’s marine fuel and provide product movement….
June 11, 2019
Houston-based drilling market and frack sand manager SMG Industries, Inc. is buying another Texas oil services company….
Three big Permian pipeline projects are underway, with one operable this October, but at least one more is likely in the cards
June 11, 2019
While the Whistler gas pipeline project is getting underway and Kinder Morgan moves ahead with its Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP), there may be more pipeline plans on the way….
Comptroller lauds the Legislature for passing education and property tax reforms but notes that long-term liability concerns continue to put downward pressure on the state’s credit rating
June 11, 2019
The governor’s signature is all that’s needed for the new Texas biennial budget to become law.
Comptroller Glenn Hegar has certified the general appropriations act approved by the legislature — House Bill 1 with more than $250 billion in spending for 2020-21 — and sent it to Governor Greg Abbott‘s desk…..
June 11, 2019
The Texas wind storm and hail insurer of last resort will make some consumer-friendly changes after its Sunset review….
State board that manages land and mineral rights including oil and gas, solar, wind and thermal geopower income will continue but there will be changes after Sunset report
June 10, 2019
The Texas School Land Board will continue for another 12 years but will need to make some changes in how it operates under new legislation signed by Governor Greg Abbott….
June 10, 2019
A cooperative council to research and find solutions to — and cope with — the threat of cyberattacks to the electrical grid is set to begin in September…..
Second of four bills on Texas broadband gets the Governor’s okay
June 10, 2019
Texas electric co-operatives will bring broadband service to neglected areas of the state under new legislation….
Resolution recognizes Gulf’s essential place in the Texas energy industrry
June 10, 2019
The year 2020 will be “The Year of the Gulf” of Mexico, under a 2019 Texas Legislature resolution signed by Governor Greg Abbott…..
June 10, 2019
The Port of Beaumont will have more specific powers and responsibilities — including some limitations on eminent domain actions — under a new law to take effect on September 1st….
June 10, 2019
By Alex Mills
School is out. Before long families will load up the SUV and begin heading down the highways. They will find a decline in gasoline prices in recent weeks that are an average of 13 cents lower than last year.
The Energy Information Administration reports gasoline prices averaged $2.69 per gallon in the U.S. last week down from $2.82 in 2018. Texas had the lowest price of $2.42, and California had the highest at $3.928.
Gasoline prices peaked in July 2007 at $4.05 per gallon. The most recent low price occurred in February 2016 at $1.63.
The major reason for the decline has been a decrease in crude oil prices, which have dropped almost $20 per barrel from a high of $70 a few months ago. Oil closed on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $51.64 on Wednesday, declining $1.75 during the week….
Fallen trees being removed, outside crews called in as Dallas-Ft. Worth area cleans up following storms
June 10, 2019
About 200,000 Oncor customers in North Texas are still without power Monday evening after high winds destroyed power lines and distribution equipment during Sunday storms……
June 10, 2019
The regulatory burden on the Public Utility Commission of Texas will be a little bit lighter with some minor changes to the state Utilities Code….
June 9, 2019
The Joint Interim Committee to Study a Coastal Barrier System will continue public hearings and identify details for the “Ike Dike.”….
June 9, 2019
There have been paperwork changes to the Texas Water Code as it relates to state loans for pollution control….
June 8, 2019
The U.S. commercial rig count dropped eleven oil rigs for the week ending June 7th, and added two gas rigs for a loss of nine rigs, according to data from Baker Hughes GE….
