Chuck Thompson's article in the New Republic responds to the recent 80,000-signature-strong petition to the White House requesting that Texas be allowed to secede from the union. Thompson writes: Rather than secession, which would radically fracture our nation, Texas...
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Refinery fire adds another safety incident to Chevron’s record
Although the oil and gas industry has always involved a higher than average risk of accidents, Chevron has generally had a better safety record than other companies. Several serious accidents in the last few years have undermined that record. Oil and gas field...
Not just truck accidents on the Eagle Ford Shale
As Vicki Vaughan reports for the San Antonio Express-News, the Eagle Ford Shale is having a tangible impact on education and schools, on health care services, and on social services. And, like the truck accidents caused by more oil and gas traffic, it's not a good...
How to Avoid an Oil Lease Dispute on Your Land
Eagle Ford Shale Landowners Can Take Steps to Protect Themselves A recent advisory piece in the San Antonio Express-News, written by a couple of lawyers with an oil-and-gas practice similar to ours at The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery, is essentially spot-on. The...
Texas lawmakers discuss drilling impact on roads
"The sudden explosion in drilling activity is requiring local governments to ramp up maintenance and repair efforts," says the Texas Department of Transportation's John Barton, as Kelly Connelly reports. That "explosion" is due mostly to the Eagle Ford Shale, which is...
Bakken Shale gives Eagle Ford Shale a run for its money
The Bakken Shale in North Dakota is poised to become a behemoth of natural gas and oil production. The Bakken Shale is attracting oil and gas workers in droves, those who are hoping to make it big there, just as the Barnett Shale and Eagle Ford Shale in Texas have...
Fracking Tank Explodes, Injures Oil and Gas Workers in South Texas
As Kristen Hays and Erwin Seba report for Reuters, the oil and gas firm Vann Energy Services has been hit with a citation from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after two oil and gas workers suffered injury from an exploding tank. The...
Road travel poses highest risk of serious injury for oil and gas workers: Part 3
In Part 3, we again focus on Ian Urbina's piece in the New York Times, which examines the problem of truck driving for the oil and gas industry, and how it's contributing to the rise in serious injuries and fatalities for those who work in the industry. We've covered...
Road travel poses highest risk of serious injury for oil and gas workers: Part 1
In the latest in a series by the New York Times examining the oil boom and its associated risks, Ian Urbina writes that workers in the oil and gas industry face the greatest dangers on our nation's roads and highways, going to and from well sites on the Eagle Ford...
Shale Plays in America: A Brief Review of the Good and Bad of Today’s Oil Boom
Nearly halfway through 2012 and here we have a thriving oil boom in many areas of the U.S. The oil boom is our answer, our counterpoint, in an economy that continues to struggle in the aftermath of the 2008 financial collapse. And it's not just oil. It's natural gas,...