Oil and gas commissioners overruled the recommendations of technical staff, authorizing an oilfield waste site in Paxton, ...

He knew he was in trouble. What he could not have known was that that third well had uncovered the biggest oil field in U.S.

A casual stroll through an East Texas oilfield on a bright, moonlit evening ended with the barrel of a Smith and Wesson pressed to Larry Wansley’s head as he stood next to a freshly dug grave.