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March 2026: TXOGA Month in Review
By Ethan Riojas
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February 2026: TXOGA Month in Review
By Ethan Riojas
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The Texas Effect: How Texas-led American Energy Dominance Keeps America Safe, Ready
By Ethan Riojas
AUSTIN – The American energy dominance that starts in Texas gives the United States options that keep our nation strong, our military ready and our allies supplied, according to a statement released this morning by the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA). “Energy security is national security. At a time when geopolitical tensions, including military action
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Op-Ed: Oil & Gas Results, Not Rhetoric, Drive Progress in Texas
By Ethan Riojas
By: Todd Staples, President of the Texas Oil & Gas Association As Texas enters 2026 amid global volatility, persistent inflation pressures, and renewed political debate over how we power our economy, one fact remains clear: progress in Texas is driven by results, not rhetoric. After more than 20 years in public service and over a
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January 2026: TXOGA Month in Review
By Ethan Riojas
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Texas Upstream Oil and Gas Employment Steady in 2025 Despite Market Headwinds
By Ethan Riojas
AUSTIN – Texas upstream oil and gas employment remained essentially flat in 2025, even as producers continued to deliver strong output amid challenging market conditions, according to data released by the Texas Workforce Commission. Through November 2025, upstream employment totaled 201,200 jobs. While employment declined by 3,500 jobs in November compared with October, year-to-date employment
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What They’re Saying: State Leaders Respond to Release of TXOGA’s 2025 Energy & Economic Impact Report
By Ethan Riojas
AUSTIN – The Texas oil and natural gas industry shattered another string of records in 2025, according to the Texas Oil & Gas Association’s (TXOGA) newly released 2025 Energy & Economic Impact Report (EEIR). Highlights from the report include $27.0 billion in state and local taxes and state royalties paid by the oil and natural gas
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2025 Energy & Economic Impact Report
By Ethan Riojas
Texas Oil & Natural Gas Industry Paid $27.0 Billion in State and Local Taxes, State Royalties TXOGA President Todd Staples: “In Fiscal Year 2025, oil and natural gas proved, once again, to be the power behind Texas’ progress.” AUSTIN – According to just-released data from the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA), the Texas oil
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December 2025: TXOGA Month in Review
By Ethan Riojas
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Texas Oil & Gas Upstream Jobs Fell by 1,300 in September
By Ethan Riojas
AUSTIN – The Texas Workforce Commission, having skipped data releases during the federal shutdown that included the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has resumed job data publication. Today the Commission released September 2025 data, indicating that upstream oil and gas employment fell by 1,300 in September compared to August. Despite recent flat performance, growth for this
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Q4 2025 Quarterly Perspective
By Ethan Riojas
Reading the Signals: Accuracy Matters When the World Is This Uncertain R. Dean Foreman, Ph.D., Chief Economist, Texas Oil & Gas Association Forecasting is never simple, but 2025 has been a year when the ability to separate meaningful signals from background noise has mattered more than ever. Data releases have been uneven, financial markets volatile,
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November 2025: TXOGA Month in Review
By Ethan Riojas
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TXOGA Lone Star Energy Forum Features 70th U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
By Ethan Riojas
Industry Titans Vicki Hollub, President and CEO of Occidental, and Alan Smith, Operating Partner at Quantum Capital Group and Executive Chairman of Rockliff Energy III, Recognized with TXOGA’s Distinguished Service Award Featured Speakers included Scott Mason, U.S. EPA Region 6 Administrator, Ken Hersh, Veteran Energy Investor and former George W. Bush Presidential Center CEO, and
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TXOGA Applauds EPA’s Landmark Approval of Texas Class VI Primacy
By Ethan Riojas
AUSTIN – The Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) today celebrated the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final approval of Texas’ application for Class VI primacy. This historic decision grants the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) regulatory authority to permit Class VI wells, establishing Texas as the premier global location for carbon capture and storage
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October 2025: TXOGA Month in Review
By Ethan Riojas
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Introducing Texas Electricity Power Pulse: Tracking Reliability, Affordability, and Growth in ERCOT
By Ethan Riojas
Introducing Texas Electricity Power Pulse: Tracking Reliability, Affordability, and Growth in ERCOT The oil and natural gas industry is the backbone of Texas’ economy—powering value chains that support millions of jobs, drive U.S. energy supply and exports, and fuel the prosperity that makes Texas globally competitive. To fuel that growth, the industry itself depends on
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Growth and Opportunity Continues for Texas While Louisiana Hits Brakes
By Ethan Riojas
AUSTIN – The Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) commends the Railroad Commission of Texas on its recently issued permit that will allow Occidental to safely sequester CO2 from its STRATOS Direct Air Capture (DAC) facility. The facility will use DAC technology to capture anthropogenic CO2 and inject it for permanent storage deep underground. Texas’ action
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STEER Celebrates Winners of 13th Annual Eagle Ford Excellence Awards
By Ethan Riojas
SAN ANTONIO – Today, the South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER) hosted an awards luncheon honoring the winners of the 13th Annual Eagle Ford Excellence Awards: the San Antonio Food Bank, South Texas Recovery Foundation, Repsol, CERA Solutions, EOG Resources, and Miss Western Week Scholarship Program. The Eagle Ford Excellence Awards honor companies and
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September 2025: TXOGA Month in Review
By Ethan Riojas
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Texas Oil & Gas Upstream Jobs Grow by 200 in August
By Ethan Riojas
AUSTIN – Data from the Texas Workforce Commission show upstream oil and natural gas employment grew by 200 in August compared to July. Growth for this calendar year so far remains a positive 4,200 upstream jobs, and at 205,100 upstream jobs, compared to the same month in the prior year, August 2025 jobs were up
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TXOGA Quarterly Perspective – 2025 Q3
By Ethan Riojas
The following was written by Dean Foreman, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA): Jeremy Foley, the former athletic director at the University of Florida, famously said, “What must be done eventually, should be done immediately.” That mindset—swift action in the face of inevitability—doesn’t seem to be the rule in today’s