The most powerful factor in the Texas economy? Energy. How changes out west are affecting the entire landscape of the Lone Star State. They used to call it the fracking boom – new technologies that made it possible to extract more oil and gas from the ground. Texas’ Permian Basin has become the most productive patch of petroleum development in the U.S., leading some to suggest the endless cycles of boom and bust may be over. What happens in West Texas affects us all, so what’s next? That’s our focus in Untapped, a special edition of the Texas Standard.
On today’s show:
Why A Drop In Oil Patch Jobs Is Good, And Bad, For The Permian Basin
Booms And Busts Have Defined Midland’s History, But Is It Time To Stop Using Those Terms?
Two Years Later, What’s Up With The Trans-Pecos Pipeline?
Kermit’s Fortune Is Made Of Sand
In West Texas, Resource-Strapped Ector County Battles Illegal Dumping
Like Its Neighbors, Midland County Grapples With Illegal Dumping
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