In his latest Caprock Chronicles feature, Chuck Lanehart shares his "confessions of a roustabout" and his personal account of ...

With the discovery of the East Texas oil field in 1930, the region saw a population surge almost overnight. Local Mattie ...

As earthquakes increase in East Texas and Louisiana, scientists are investigating whether oil and gas operations in the ...

The war in Iran has caught gas prices in the crossfire, but so have other global conflicts over the past several decades.

(The Center Square) – The Texas oil and natural gas industry reported job losses in January prior to a Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas report pointing to uncertainty in the industry because of ...

The heir to a Texas oil fortune has been ordered to pay $1.1 billion in a landmark ruling after he violently beat his 2-year-old stepson nearly to death — leaving the child bedridden in a wheelchair ...

A Dallas County jury has awarded $1.1 billion in a child abuse case led by Houston attorney Tony Buzbee—a verdict his firm says is the largest of its kind in U.S. history. The case involves Charles ...

When one passes a Marathon gas station, the company motto "Fueling the American Spirit" is intended to evoke the American ...

The $1.1 billion that a Texas oil heir was ordered to pay for leaving his 2-year-old stepson disabled in vicious beatings is the largest of its kind in US history — but it will still take years to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Texas jury awarded $1.1B in a child abuse case involving an oil heir, according to Tony Buzbee's law firm. (Witthaya ...

If the verdict stands, high-dollar civil damages in Texas are routinely reduced on appeal. Victims can also run into challenges collecting judgments, especially those tied up in family trusts.

Rendering for America First Refining Facility in Brownsville. There is a thunderclap of energy news from Brownsville. Construction is about to start on the United States’ first new major oil refinery ...