The Spindletop museum will host blacksmithing demonstrations on Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 4 p.m., through Nov. 20.

This story is featured in the September/October issue of ETX View Magazine. The legacy of the oil industry runs deep in East Texas and continues today. An unforgettable discovery of a large oil field ...

A new report shows the Lone Star State’s oil and gas industry is seeing growth, albeit slow, after the state’s worst oil downturn in recent memory. “We still have a long way to go, but 2017 is going ...

A Chesapeake Energy drilling site near Big Wells in South Texas uses fracking. The boom in shale gas drilling has created half a million jobs. Hawk Dunlap fought fires and blowouts in oil fields ...

Beaumont’s foremost location to learn about the history, technology and science of petroleum has been closed since a faucet burst flooded the first floor, leading to the discovery of asbestos under ...

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s made no secret that he’s Big Oil’s good buddy. After all, the Texas Republican raked in $1.4 million in fossil fuel-industry campaign contributions from 2015 through 2020. But, ...

From the oil field to the hotel desk, business has remained brisk in the country’s top oil basin as analysts warn of a ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Texas’ rubber-stamp system allows drillers to release vast amounts of ...

In this Thursday, April 30, 2020, photo, a refinery along the Houston Ship Channel is seen with downtown Houston in the background. This story originally aired on “Marketplace” on Sept. 29. Listen to ...

Toxic wastewater is spreading across America’s biggest oil field, posing a pressing threat to a basin that has grown into a cornerstone of global markets ...

Oil prices have been rising over the past few days, but even still Texas oil and gas firms are feeling pessimistic about the ...