Aside from the cowboy, nothing is more iconically Texan than pump jacks and oil derricks. Yet fewer than five percent of Texas voters are aware that for a hundred years, the Texas Railroad Commission has been the primary regulator of the State's oil and gas industry. The workings of this important agency, with its misleading name, manage to escape widespread public attention. This book was written as a challenge to Texas voters - a challenge to become more engaged in matters related to an industry so vital to the Texas economy; and to become more engaged with a State agency tasked with...
Aside from the cowboy, nothing is more iconically Texan than pump jacks and oil derricks. Yet fewer than five percent of Texas voters are aware that f...