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If you're a truck driver in need of work, your prospects are good. But if you're the average motorist in Texas, you have likely noticed the heavy tanker truck traffic as a result of the oil boom. Much of this traffic has contributed to motor vehicle accidents...
Oil and gas are the fuels that drive the world economy. And the state of Texas is a significant contributor to that economy, with giants like the Eagle Ford Shale and the Barnett Shale covering large swaths of Texas. There is money to be made, but Texas landowners...
Two people were killed in an accident on Highway 85 and FM 1582 on Tuesday earlier this week. The accident involved three 18-wheelers, according to WOAI News, and took place outside Dilley, Texas, in Frio County. Frio County is one of many Texas counties that are part...
As Vicki Vaughn reports for the Houston Chronicle, Eagle Ford roads are in rough shape because of the oil boom. DeWitt County Judge Daryl Fowler says that it could be $70 million over the course of the oil boom just to repair and maintain his county's roads alone, not...
The state of Texas is home to rich deposits of oil and gas, and drilling for oil and gas has surged throughout the state in recent years. This is especially true of the Eagle Ford Shale, a 400 mile long and 50 mile wide site that produces oil and gas predominantly in...
Professor David J. Hanson is an alcohol researcher and has been involved in this area of research for more than 40 years, according to the website Alcohol Problems & Solutions, and among his findings is his opinion that breathalyzers are not 100 percent accurate;...
As Dianna Wray writes for the Victoria Advocate, the life of an oilfield worker is bittersweet. When times are good - and times certainly are good right now in the Eagle Ford Shale - oil and gas workers can make around $100,000 per year. But, on the other hand, booms...
Locomotor therapy is giving new hope to people with catastrophic spinal cord injuries sustained in incidents involving everything from cross-country skiing to truck accidents. It used to be that the more paralyzed you were - not able to pull yourself up on parallel...
"The Eagle Ford is the top basin we have in the world today," says Marathon Oil's David Roberts, as Edward Klump reports for Bloomberg. All this Eagle Ford Shale hype - and it's not really hype - means continued focus on intensive hydrofracking here in Texas, which...
Drilling for oil and gas in Texas is a big business industry that can affect the livelihood of many people for decades. South Texas in particular has undergone a recent economic boom on account of the rich deposits of oil and gas on the Eagle Ford Shale - a 400 by 50...
