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Texas Railroad Commissioner David Porter Appointed to Serve as Official Representative of Texas to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
AUSTIN – Texas Railroad Commissioner David Porter announced today that Governor Rick Perry appointed him to serve as the Official Representative of Texas to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC). The IOGCC is a multi-state government agency that works to ensure our nation’s oil and natural gas resources are conserved and maximized while [...]
Commissioner Porter featured in recent Austin Statesman article
A recent article in the Austin Statesman talked about the positive changes Commissioner Porter has made at the Railroad Commission of Texas. And there’s a lot of [drilling] in the Eagle Ford shale in the wake of the innovation of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in which water, sand and chemicals are injected into rock to [...]
House Committee on Energy Resources meeting 6-26-12
Important meetings this week with lawmakers about the Texas oil industry and keeping the citizens safe and employed. Here is the story aired on KVUE: “Roughly 12, 13 percent of the total jobs in Texas are directly or indirectly traced to the oil and gas industry,” Texas Railroad Commissioner David Porter told KVUE. “Not only [...]
