Schools in the towns of Midland and Odessa need more buildings ... residents and local authorities believe that the boom will continue as the biggest U.S. oil companies are betting on the Permian ...

MOSCOW, February 26. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s oil company LUKOIL has stopped oil supplies to the Odessa refinery in Ukraine. “The last tanker was sent on December 29,” a company official said ...

“Since the shale boom oil and gas production in the Permian Basin has surged, but it’s taken a serious toll on the quality and safety of our roads,” said Landgraf, R-Odessa. “With more ...

Environmentalists are worried the state — known for a lax approach to regulation — is not prepared for the added responsibility of regulating certain carbon capture projects.