Commissioners’ Corner

Chairman Craddick

COMMISSIONERS’ CORNER

At the end of last month, the Texas Legislature adjourned sine die, marking the end of the regular legislative session. Chairman Craddick, alongside her fellow Commissioners and agency staff, immediately began implementing the legislation passed by the House and Senate and signed by the Governor. The agency is now fully focused on ensuring a timely and responsive implementation plan for all of the bills that impact RRC operations moving forward. We look forward to working collaboratively with our legislative counterparts, various industries, and stakeholder groups to ensure that Texas maintains its status as a global energy leader. While making forward progress on the implementation of legislation, Chairman Craddick was honored to participate with the Texas Girls State program by kicking off their 2021 session. As a Girls State alumnus, Chairman Craddick was excited to welcome over 500 young women to this year’s session and encourage them to get involved in their communities through volunteerism and civic engagement.

Commissioner Christian

COMMISSIONERS’ CORNER

A couple weeks ago, I attended the West Texas Rural Summit in Lubbock. The event was organized by Congressman Jodey Arrington and featured Congressman August Pfluger, State Representative Brooks Landgraf, and Texas Alliance of Energy Producers President Jason Modglin. During the event, we had a great discussion about the future of Texas Energy and what our state can do to push back again the anti-oil and gas agenda of the Biden Administration. During my speech, I argued that many people don’t fully understand how much good oil and gas does in the world. For example, oil and gas companies have paid more than $116 billion in taxes and royalties in the last 10 years and employ 361,271 Texans at an average salary of $132,000. Furthermore, more than half of every barrel of oil is used to make things other than gasoline, such as plastics, medicine, makeup, and synthetic rubber. So, if you like good paying jobs, government funding for schools and first responders, and consumer products like computers, phones, medicine and makeup, then you should like oil and gas!

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Commissioner Wright

COMMISSIONERS’ CORNER

As the Commission moves forward on directives mandated by bills passed in the Texas Legislature, Commissioner Wright has been working with his task forces on additional solutions to three big issues: energy education, regulatory transparency and market stability. Each of these task forces are in different stages of research and idea development. The regulatory task force is finalizing its first draft of recommendations for updates to Statewide Rule 8. Additionally, Commissioner Wright and his team have visited with several business to learn more about the market for natural gas. He visited SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, to learn about how one of the main propellants to fuel the Starship vehicle is methane. He also visited BP America’s Argos production platform to understand how they utilize natural gas to power their generators in addition to the natural gas and oil they extract for sale. These are two great examples of expanding the market for Texas’ natural resources and exciting advances in technology that can help us on the education front. As we move forward into the summer, the Wright team will continue to reach out and work with individuals and stakeholders to find solutions to these and other important issues.

Oil & Gas Production Statistics

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The Commission has primary oversight and enforcement of the state’s oil and gas industry and intrastate pipeline safety. View RRC’s Latest Enforcement Actions here.

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