Railroad

While some North Texas residents are less than enthusiastic about the growing impact of gas production in the Barnett Shale, the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) has begun a public awareness campaign to explain its regulatory oversight process for natural gas drilling and ultimately to increase the effectiveness of the commission’s oversight of the huge natural gas play.

The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) last week adopted new rules to protect the state’s 200,000 miles of intrastate pipelines from damage by third parties such as homeowners, contractors, city and state employees and anyone else digging near pipelines.

The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) Wednesday adopted new rules to protect the state’s 200,000 miles of intrastate pipelines from damage by third parties such as homeowners, contractors, city and state employees and anyone else digging near pipelines.

The Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) recently approved a pilot project that may result in the recycling of as much as 85% of the freshwater used at gas drilling sites in the Barnett Shale trend.

The Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) recently approved a pilot project that may result in the recycling as much as 85% of the freshwater used at gas drilling sites in the Barnett Shale trend.

Dallas-based Atmos Energy Corp.’s Mid-Tex Division filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas for a gas rate hike that would increase the typical residential bill $4 per month.

Dallas-based Atmos Energy Corp.’s Mid-Tex Division filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas for a gas rate hike that would increase the typical residential bill $4 per month.

Natural gas producers, able to publicly air their grievances in hearings before the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC), are repeating one belief again and again: the lack of competition in Texas enables pipeline operators to dictate the contract terms for shipping gas to the marketplace. This lack of competition, they say, controls where they drill wells more than the geology.

As part of a study to determine whether viable competition exists in the Texas natural gas pipeline industry, the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) is hosting seven workshops statewide to gather input from gas producers, gas gatherers, gas processors and gas pipeline operators.