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The rig count in the Permian Basin was down three this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 301 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 316 rigs were active in the region.

Abandoned and orphaned oil wells in West Texas are causing costly environmental hazards like sinkholes and leaks, prompting ...

Though it was small, the U.S. rig count posted its first rise in three weeks. Texas was down slightly, but Midland County ...

The rig count in the Permian Basin was down one this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 304 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 313 rigs were active in the region. Nationally ...

Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is up one from last week at ... The regional benchmark Plains-West Texas Intermediate Posting ended Friday at $66.24 per barrel, down 64 cents from last ...

Law enforcement in West Texas say they don’t have enough manpower to deal with the rise in oil thefts in their communities.

Another orphaned oil well in West Texas erupted with black ... that it had inspected the leaking well and it planned to send a rig to plug it. Schuyler Wight, a neighboring rancher who leases ...

Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is up one from last week at ... The regional benchmark Plains-West Texas Intermediate Posting ended Friday at $64.76 per barrel, up $1.10 from last Friday's ...