Austin, Texas – The Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) released the following statement on Monday, July 8th after President Donald Trump provided remarks highlighting the nation’s leadership on environmental issues. The comments that follow can be attributed to Ed Longanecker, president of TIPRO: Under the Trump Administration, officials have successfully scaled back many of the unnecessary, burdensome regulations… Read More

In a win for Texas royalty owners, earlier this month Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law new protections designed to safeguard mineral owners from fraudulent activity and strengthen private property rights. Royalty owners, who lease the mineral rights beneath their land, represent an important segment of the oil and gas industry, directly supporting growing production of oil and gas… Read More

As reported by TIPRO earlier this month, employment growth for the Texas upstream sector stalled in the fourth quarter of 2018 following many months of consecutive growth. A variety of factors contributed to the slowdown in hiring, including takeaway capacity constraints in West Texas, lower crude oil prices, rising material costs resulting from tariffs, as well as an ongoing shortage… Read More

Candidates and political pundits often claim each election is the most important one ever. While this has become something of a cliché in politics, this election cycle does seem inimitable in many ways. Regardless of one’s political views, all voters in our great state have a responsibility to research and understand the issues and candidates that will shape the future of Texas and… Read More

This month, the U.S. Interior Department unveiled final revisions to an Obama-era rule aimed at curbing methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations on federal lands. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also recently announced proposed improvements for the 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) designed to ease regulatory burdens on domestic energy producers by modifying the frequency for monitoring… Read More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently unveiled new improvements for the 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the oil and gas industry, which seek to align regulatory requirements in keeping with President Donald Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda. Under the proposed regulatory package, announced by the EPA on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, the agency would ease regulatory burdens on… Read More