In this live conversation, we sit down with industry professionals and local officials for a conversation on the state of play in Texas’ oil and gas sector, moderated by The Texas Tribune’s Ross Ramsey.

“We’re in a long, long cycle of prosperity, and that has ramifications,” said Ben Shepperd, president of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, Tuesday at a discussion of the energy industry’s impact on Texas. Shepperd was one of three panelists at an event presented by the Texas Tribune at the Saulsbury Campus Center at Odessa College […]

A panel discussion titled – BOOM: A Conversation about How the Oil and Gas Sector Impacts Texas” talked about the benefits and struggles resulting from the region on the cusp of becoming the most productive energy producing region in the world.