Eagle Ford News

Finally, after a week of unnecessary delays, Victoria has a new mayor. On Tuesday, Paul Polasek was sworn in as mayor , along with Tom Halepaska for his fourth term representing Super District 6 and Jeff Bauknight for his first term representing District 3. We congratulate Polasek for his new position on the Victoria City Council, and we look ... (more)

An oil & gas drilling rig is drilling a well for Pioneer Natural Resources in the Eagle Ford Shale formation near Yorktown.

Primera Energy LLC's second well in the Eagle Ford Shale has gone into production at roughly double the expected output.

While $450 million in the state's proposed budget is slated to go to Eagle Ford Shale roads, likely none of that money will pay to repair the region's battered county roads that are used to keep the oil and gas boom alive.

The county's largest cities' mayors lost their positions in the May 11 election.

Disclaimer: The author of this entry is responsible for this content, which is not edited by the Wilson County News or wilsoncountynews.com. Post a comment If early estimates prove to be even close to true, the vast amounts of recoverable oil and natural gas will make the Cline Shale go down in history as the largest shale play ever.

Last week, the Obama Administration conditionally approved a $10 billion facility in Freeport, Texas, which will allow for the expansion of liquefied natural gas exports.

Last month USA Today reported U.S. pump prices on average were down 18 cents over the preceding four weeks and were expected to fall another 20 cents a gallon by June.

A new Dallas-based private equity firm launched today with the purchase of three San Antonio-based drilling companies for $425 million.

Irving, Texas-based energy startup Worldwide Energy Consortium Inc. will begin the engineering and permitting process for a new refinery in La Salle County to serve the thriving Eagle Ford Shale petroleum play.

BNSF Railway and U.S. Silica are opening a new logistics center in Van Ormy, Texas to serve oil and gas drillers in the Eagle Ford Shale.

Crashes increased by 295.5 percent in McMullen County and by 11.1 percent in Live Oak County from 2008 to 2011, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.

The Eagle Ford Shale oil-and-gas play in South Texas has spurred an ever-growing list of projects for the largest metro in proximity to the formation - San Antonio.

Primera Energy LLC has completed a frack of its second well in the Eagle Ford Shale and company officials are eagerly awaiting the results of a flow test later this week.

The following school districts have received preliminary notification of potential Chapter 41 status for the 2013-14 school year.

Bee County could still have a wind farm along its southern border despite last week's decision.

The April 23 regular meeting of the Karnes City City Council saw the council approve Amelia "Mely" Martinez to the official position of city secretary/comptroller. Martinez had been working for the city in various capacities since 1985, and was eventually appointed as assistant city secretary in March of 2011.

A drilling rig near Kenedy. Last fiscal year, tax income from oil production and regulation was 43 percent higher than estimated by the comptroller's office, at $2.1 billion.

A U.S. Energy Department official said Thursday that the United States and Mexico must work together to ensure that oil-and-gas drilling targeting the Eagle Ford Shale doesn't negatively impact either country, FuelFix.com reported.

Gateway Planning Group representative Brad Lonberger presented an economic development report to city council in a workshop session during Tuesday night's city meeting.