The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) conducts regulatory webinars on a variety of oil and gas topics. These webinars are conducted via Zoom and are simulcast by Texas Admin Monitor. We encourage all who want to learn more about a particular topic to login to these webinars. There is also an opportunity to ask questions for more clarification.

For a schedule of upcoming webinars or to register to be a Zoom participant, you can visit the RRC Webinar website. You can view a webinar without registering via the Texas AdminMonitor website at http://adminmonitor.com/tx/rrc/.

If you want to be able to submit questions directly to the presenters and participate in discussions via chat, you will want to register to be a Zoom participant. Participant registrations are limited and first come, first served.

The year 2020 has brought sudden unexpected challenges to Texas and to the oil and gas industry. Economic caution from the spread of a new coronavirus, coupled with a massive temporary glut of oil on world markets has put the Texas Miracle on hold, and much of the oil and gas industry with it. The story of Texas oil and gas has yet to be written for 2020. The chapters of the recent past have been about the Permian Basin, as will those of our eventual recovery. In the linked report, the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA) Research Foundation reviews the contributions of the oil and gas industry to state and local finances in Texas over the past five years, and, more specifically, the ascendancy of the Permian Basin.