Oil and gas drilling continues to buoy the state's economy, but the Railroad Commission, the agency charged with regulating the industry in Texas, is struggling with what one commissioner called technology "stuck somewhere in the mid-'90s." Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.
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Kim Feil
It was reported to me that the Railroad Comission are just now updating their casing requirements for the first time since 1980 and possibly 1970. They also do not regulate how close water wells can be to gas wells...