Oil and gas production has attracted a slew of new hotels, truck traffic and RV parks to South Texas.  More »

Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn’t.  More »

Federal regulators are using a historic drilling rig in Morgan City as a classroom for new inspectors.  More »

Houston, Dallas and Austin might be a beacon of hope for college graduates.  More »

Talk to almost anybody in the oil business and they’ll tell you it’s inherently dangerous.  More »

Dickinson officials say the city airport might need $100 million in the next five years to accommodate growth, and that the city might have to foot more of the bill than usual.  More »

First Solar Inc. is laying off 2,000 workers and closing its plant in Frankfurt, Germany, in response to waning demand for solar panels and increased competition from China.  More »

Public health advocates and doctors on the front lines of Pennsylvania’s natural gas-drilling boom are attacking the state’s new Marcellus Shale law, likening one of its provisions to a gag order and complaining that vital research money into health effects was stripped at the last minute.  More »

Businesses ranging from wildlife consultants to titans of the oil and gas industry will gather in Binghamton for New York’s first shale gas job fair, buoyed by hopes that state regulators will lift a four-year-old ban and start permitting hydraulic fracturing this year.  More »

The number of workers on oil and gas payrolls grew 16 percent over the past year. But the industry is taking a hit on falling natural gas prices.  More »

One man has been injured while conducting high-pressure testing on equipment at an oil and natural gas services plant in El Reno.  More »

The Dow Chemical Co. plans to lay off about 900 people in response to weak demand for its products in Europe.  More »