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Landowners Rights
For decades, landowners and public use entities have negotiated to guarantee that private property rights are respected and preserved throughout the eminent domain process while ensuring that essential infrastructure can be built.
Just like highways and high-speed internet lines, pipelines for oil, natural gas and fuel are one of the ways eminent domain is used to make certain the needs of a growing, thriving Texas are met through the building of essential infrastructure.
The Texas Constitution recognizes that the use of eminent domain to acquire property for infrastructure benefits the citizenry, but is intended to be used only as a last resort. Industry believes in a strong and durable framework that treats property owners respectfully and fairly, promotes the efficient and timely resolution of disputes, and strengthens long-term relationships between property owners and infrastructure development.
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In this episode of TXOGA Talks, TXOGA President Todd Staples sits down with Chief Economist Dr. Dean Foreman to break down the global forces reshaping...
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Check out our Month in Review for September below to see how TXOGA was busy advocating for the Texas oil and natural gas industry
- Energy Security, LNG, News, Regulatory and Legislative, Studies and Data, Winter Ready
The Texas natural gas industry is a powerhouse, producing more natural gas than any other state in the nation—and the world is literally knocking at our door in energy need. In addition to cementing America’s energy security, Texas’ natural gas producers, pipelines, refiners, and exporters are playing an essential role in delivering stability in the form of affordable, reliable energy to our trade partners, even in times of continued global unrest.
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In this episode, TXOGA President Todd Staples is joined by Senator Charles Schwertner, who represents Senate District 5, an eleven-county region of Central and East...
- Energy Security, Regulatory and Legislative
AUSTIN - Texas’ production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) achieved new record highs for the month of September after achieving record highs just one month earlier in August, according to the Texas Oil & Gas Association’s (TXOGA) monthly energy economic analysis prepared by TXOGA Chief Economist Dean Foreman, Ph.D. Further, as crude and NGL production has climbed, in-state refiners have processed record amounts.
- Energy Security, LNG, Studies and Data
AUSTIN – Texas’ production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids achieved new record highs, and resource reserves should support decades of prospective production, according to a new monthly energy economics analysis prepared by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) Chief Economist Dean Foreman, Ph.D.
- LNG, Studies and Data
With strong population and economic growth–plus the arrival of hot weather–Texas’ electricity markets are on pace for record-high demand and electricity to be delivered this summer.
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In this episode, TXOGA President Todd Staples sits down with Chief Economist Dean Foreman, Ph.D., to examine the key trends shaping global oil market dynamics...
- News
Episode 27: 2025 Texas Energy Day In this episode, TXOGA President Todd Staples discusses 2025 Texas Energy Day, which took place on Tuesday, February 4....
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Check out our Month in Review for September below to see how TXOGA was busy advocating for the Texas oil and natural gas industry
- Education and Workforce, Regulatory and Legislative, Studies and Data
AUSTIN – Newly-released data from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) indicates that upstream oil and natural gas employment rose by an additional 1,700 jobs in September. These new numbers extend the strength of 2023’s job growth to date, with 14,300 jobs added so far this year.
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Episode 27: 2025 Texas Energy Day In this episode, TXOGA President Todd Staples discusses 2025 Texas Energy Day, which took place on Tuesday, February 4....
- Education and Workforce, Regulatory and Legislative, Studies and Data
AUSTIN – Newly-released data from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) indicates that upstream oil and natural gas employment rose by an additional 1,700 jobs in September. These new numbers extend the strength of 2023’s job growth to date, with 14,300 jobs added so far this year.
- Energy Security, LNG, Studies and Data
AUSTIN – Texas’ production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids achieved new record highs, and resource reserves should support decades of prospective production, according to a new monthly energy economics analysis prepared by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) Chief Economist Dean Foreman, Ph.D.
- News
Check out our Month in Review for September below to see how TXOGA was busy advocating for the Texas oil and natural gas industry
- News
In this episode, TXOGA President Todd Staples provides an overview of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s recently held 2025 State of the State address. He explains...
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In this episode, TXOGA President Todd Staples is joined by Texas General Land Office (GLO) Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., for an overview of the responsibilities...
- Energy Security, LNG, Studies and Data
AUSTIN – Texas’ production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids achieved new record highs, and resource reserves should support decades of prospective production, according to a new monthly energy economics analysis prepared by Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) Chief Economist Dean Foreman, Ph.D.
- Cleaner Stronger Better, Energy Security, LNG, Regulatory and Legislative
The Texas natural gas industry is a powerhouse, producing more natural gas than any other state in the nation—and the world is literally knocking at our door in energy need. In addition to cementing America’s energy security, Texas’ natural gas producers, pipelines, refiners, and exporters are playing an essential role in delivering stability in the form of affordable, reliable energy to our trade partners, even in times of continued global unrest.
- Regulatory and Legislative
AUSTIN – As Texans prepare for the coming cold weather, operators in the Texas oil and natural gas industry are also preparing for the freezing temperatures that are expected for much of the state later this week and into this weekend.
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Check out our Month in Review for September below to see how TXOGA was busy advocating for the Texas oil and natural gas industry
- Cleaner Stronger Better, Events, Regulatory and Legislative, Technology and Innovation
AUSTIN – Hundreds of Texans, including employees, partners and supporters of the Texas energy industry, convened in Austin today for Texas Energy Day @ the Capitol, an event sponsored by more than 60 companies, associations and chambers of commerce from across the state to reinforce the importance of the oil and natural gas industry to our state and nation’s economic and energy security.
- Membership News, Regulatory and Legislative, Winter Ready
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