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“A disaster waiting to happen”: How the fracking boom put an oil field in the Guadalupe River floodplain
Read full article: “A disaster waiting to happen”: How the fracking boom put an oil field in the Guadalupe River floodplainLack of a state floodplain policy enabled oil companies to build in parts of Texas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago.
KSAT Explains: Should we be concerned about increase in earthquakes in South Texas?
Read full article: KSAT Explains: Should we be concerned about increase in earthquakes in South Texas?Earthquakes have increased exponentially in the last decade over the Eagle Ford Shale. What role does hydraulic fracturing play in the seismic activity and could San Antonio ever see a large earthquake?
Family legacies and the state’s Jim Crow past underlie a fight over mineral rights on a stretch of South Texas scrubland
Read full article: Family legacies and the state’s Jim Crow past underlie a fight over mineral rights on a stretch of South Texas scrublandDescendants of a prominent white family and a formerly enslaved couple are fighting over ownership — and the oil and gas royalties that would come with it — of an 147.5-acre tract that has bound and divided generations of their families.
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Eagle Ford shale sees 85% drop in oil rigs compared to last year
Read full article: Eagle Ford shale sees 85% drop in oil rigs compared to last yearSAN ANTONIO Editors note: This story was published through a partnership between the San Antonio Business Journal and KSAT. The Eagle Ford Shale lost another pair of rigs last week as the region's oil and gas industry continues to suffer in spite of increasing oil prices. To arrive at that number, the Business Journal tallied rig counts from Railroad Commission of Texas districts 1-4. The Eagle Ford has lost 85% of its rigs compared to the 73 that were in the field this time last year, Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHGE) reported. Read more at the San Antonio Business Journal.