Landowners Under Siege in the Big Bend

It is safe to say that property rights are sacred in Texas. We inherited our love of the land from past generations who toiled to make the harsh landscape bloom. Nowhere is this truer than in the Big Bend region of Texas.

Construction On Presidio Chili Plant Tied to Trans-Pecos Pipeline is Delayed, But Chili Company Says Delay is Temporary.

The proposed Trans-Pecos Pipeline that would bring natural gas from the Permian Basin to Mexico has been cited by the City of Presidio as a key to its economic development. But construction slated to start this month on a chili plant tied to the prospects of the pipeline coming to West Texas has been temporarily delayed.

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The Long Battle to Stop the Kinder Morgan Pipeline

For months, locals and landowners have tried to stop the Permian Highway Pipeline, a piece of infrastructure connecting West Texas’ prolific oil fields to the state’s Gulf Coast refineries. But they’re running out of options.

Eminent Domain Reform Died in the Teas Legislature this Session

Despite hundreds of hours of negotiations between Texas landowners and industry groups, legislation to address concerns over the eminent domain process could not be finalized, with lawmakers pledging to make it a top priority for future sessions.

As oil and gas exports surge, West Texas becomes the world’s 'extraction colony’

MIDLAND, Texas — Drilling booms have come and gone in this oil town for nearly a century. But the frenzy gripping it now is different. Overwhelming. Drilling rigs tower over suburban backyards. There’s a housing crunch so severe that rents are up 30 percent in the last year alone. Tax-averse city officials raised fees this spring just to keep basic services afloat.

Are pipeline land takings in the public interest if oil, gas headed overseas?

Pipeline companies in Texas and other states have long had the power to take land under the eminent domain principle that projects to transport energy to heat homes, generate electricity and produce fuels are in the public interest. But what if the public is in Europe, South America or Asia?

Big Spring Vs. Big Oil

In the Heart of the West Texas Oil Patch, a new Fracking Frenzy is putting a Strain on Groundwater.

Multiple auctions in Mexico with no demand for gas from the Trans Pecos Pipeline and Comanche Trail Pipeline

The ETP claimed that these systems were “urgently needed,” to move U.S., Permian-basin sourced “clean burning” natural gas to Mexico, but now, some eight months later, ETP’s compressor station at the Waha hub and header sits idle.

Company to drill wells for hydraulic fracturing

"This activity bypasses oversight from regional groundwater management districts and seems to be flying under the radar, largely unregulated." - Coyne Gibson

Dark Skies and the Permian Basin Oil Boom

The University of Texas' McDonald Observatory in the Davis Mountains in West Texas is one of the darkest spots in the continental United States. Lights from the Permian Basin oilfield to the north, the center of U.S. oil and gas activity, are creeping closer to the 85-year-old observatory, home to one of the world's largest optical instruments...

The Lives Impacted by the Texas Mexico Border

On this episode of West Texas talk we revisit “Voices of the Border,” a series produced earlier this year. In this episode we’ll hear from the people whose lives have been impacted by the Texas-Mexico Border...

Apache Forecasts More Drillings Locations in Alpine High Play

It’s been just over a year since Houston-based Apache Corp. announced the discovery of the Alpine High play, a vast oil reservoir in far West Texas. The company now says they predict they will be able to set up more drilling locations that previously thought...

Could Mexico Be the Next Panama Canal for Gas? Drillers Think So

Aldo Flores, Mexico’s deputy energy secretary, said Thursday that the government’s in talks with shale drillers in West Texas about a potential pipeline that would send their gas straight to Mexico’s west coast, where it could then be liquefied and shipped overseas.