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TRENDING

  • HOUSTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 05: Framber Valdez #59 of the Houston Astros reacts after striking out J.T. Realmuto #10 of the Philadelphia Phillies to get out of the third inning in Game Six of the 2022 World Series at Minute Maid Park on November 05, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
    No Verlander, no problem: How Astros can replace ace's production
  • Michael Conforto #30 of the New York Mets watches after hitting a ball deep for a home run during the eighth inning of the game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on October 2, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.
    Report: Astros considering trio of free-agent outfielders
  • The League of United Latin Americans Citizens is suing Houston City Council over its implementation of at-large city council positions it believes stymies the voice of the city's large Hispanic population.  
    Houston City Council sued over lack of Hispanic representatives
  • Protestors hung the banner following controversy surrounding a recent Balenciaga ad campaign featuring kids. 
    'Pedophiles' banner hung over entrance of Texas Balenciaga store
Energy
  • A currency trader passes by screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the exchange rate of South Korean won against the U.S. dollar at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Stocks were mostly lower in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street pulled back as surprisingly strong economic reports highlighted the difficulty of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation.
    Asian shares lower as strong data hit hopes for dovish Fed
    BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks were mostly lower in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street pulled back as surprisingly strong economic reports highlighted the difficulty of the Federal Reserve’s fight against...
    By ELAINE KURTENBACH
  • FILE - Then-Florida Republican Congressional candidate David Rivera speaks on Nov. 2, 2010, in Coral Gables, Fla. The former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s socialist government has been arrested Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in connection to an ongoing federal criminal investigation, law enforcement officials said.
    Ex-Miami US Rep. David Rivera arrested in Venezuela probe
    By JOSHUA GOODMAN and TERRY SPENCER
    California Gov. Gavin Newsom walks through the assembly chamber with California Controller Malia Cohen during the opening session of the California Legislature in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. The legislature returned to work on Monday to swear in new members and elect leaders for the upcoming session.
    California eyes penalties for oil companies' big profits
    By ADAM BEAM and SOPHIE AUSTIN
    Gov. Mike Dunleavy holds his oath of office after he signed it during his inauguration ceremony Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Dunleavy, a Republican, last month became the first Alaska governor since Democrat Tony Knowles in 1998 to win back-to-back terms.
    Alaska Republican governor sworn in for second term
    By BECKY BOHRER
    Eden Maracco, 8, has lunch her dad Jeffery while power is out at her home, at Reds Food Truck Corner in Southern Pines, N.C., Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Tens of thousands of people braced for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent.
    North Carolina blackouts caused by shootings could last days
    By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM

Today's Picks

  • Norco
    Why Norco, a Gulf Coast thriller, is one of the year's best games
    The roots of the thrilling point-and-click noir Norco stretch from Texas to Louisiana.
  • Ja'Vier Francis #5 of the Houston Cougars drives to the basket on Nate Clover III #13 of the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles at Fertitta Center on November 14, 2022 in Houston.
    Texas teams maintain stranglehold on top of rankings
    The Lone Star State continues to reign supreme.
  • 3001 Inwood in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood
    $16.5M River Oaks mansion is brand new, ready for its first owner
    This River Oaks mansion offers its future first homeowner ideal indoor-outdoor living.
  • These non-traditional stocking stuffers will wow them this year.
    16 useful stocking stuffers for everyone on your list
    Here's a guide inspired by my dad (and his 50-plus years of stocking stuffing experience).

More News

  • Brittney Griner facing 'terrible' life at Russian penal colony
  • SEC halftime contest booed, both students awarded $100,000
  • Texas federal judge says domestic abusers can keep their guns
  • Hundreds of TX Methodist churches vote to split from denomination
  • Jeremy Peña expresses excitement about Astros' offseason moves
  • Body of 7-year-old Texas girl found, FedEx driver arrested
  • Texas hunters find skeletal remains of missing man from 2005

Power & Renewables

  • Vistra Energy, headquartered in Irving, Texas, is the state's largest power generator. (David Woo/Dallas Morning News/TNS)
    Vistra expects a hit of up to $1.3 billion to its earnings due to winter...
    Vistra, which posted a $625 million profit, said it spent more than $10 million to prepare its power plants for the bitter cold that swept into the state last week, but natural gas shortages...
    By Marcy de Luna
  • BP: Not all its car charging stations turning profit yet
    By Mark Chediak
    Brighton Place resident Peter Lovie spent $10,500 to install a 22-kilowatt natural gas-fueled standby generator.
    Frequent CenterPoint outages happen rain or shine, customers say
    By L.M. Sixel
    The average employee working from home will pay an extra $121 per month on utilities. But they’ll save on lunches and expensive coffees.
    PUC appoints ex-ERCOT director to monitor power market in Texas
    By L.M. Sixel
    The average employee working from home will pay an extra $121 per month on utilities. But they’ll save on lunches and expensive coffees.
    CenterPoint is cutting dividend, spending
    By L.M. Sixel

Most Popular

  1. Justin Verlander signs with Mets, ending brilliant run with Astros
  2. 'Pedophiles' banner hung in front of Texas Balenciaga store after controversial ad campaign
  3. The Houston Astros should sign this hated rival in free agency
  4. Popular TX pastor returns after absence over an 'inappropriate' online relationship
  5. Report: Houston Astros eyeing trio of outfielders in free agency
  6. Jeremy Peña expresses excitement about Houston Astros' offseason moves
  7. Texas’s crypto mining boom is starting to look more like a bust

Oil & Gas

  • Oil powers ahead as critical OPEC+ meeting looms
    Oil rebounded from its biggest slump since November ahead of a key OPEC+ meeting.
    By Saket Sundria and Alex Longley
  • An oil tanker sits offshore between Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico near people fishing, Friday, May 15, 2020, off of the east end of Galveston Island.
    Oil jumps as supplies are seen tightening
    As oil prices continue a steady rise, analysts say that if things go just right, $60 is a possibility by summer.
    OPEC+ focuses on delay to output hike of three to six months
    By Salma El Wardany, Grant Smith and Javier Blas
    An oil rig and pump jack in Midland, Texas. Oil prices collapsed more than 30 percent Monday morning, temporarily falling below $30 a barrel.
    IEA cuts oil-demand outlook as vaccines won’t rescue market
    By Grant Smith
    Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden speaks at a full year results conference in London on January 31, 2019. - Royal Dutch Shell today said that net profit surged 80 percent to $23.4 billion in 2018, thanks to higher oil prices and cost cuts. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images
    Shell wants Biden to reverse methane emissions rollback
    By David Wethe

Pipelines

  • Energy Venezuela is tearing apart oil pipelines to sell as scrap...
    Oil workers hang a Venezuelan flag at the Jose Complex during celebrations in Barcelona, Venezuela, May 1, 2007, as the state-run oil company PDVSA takes control of oil fields in the Orinoco Belt. Venezuela stripped the world's biggest oil companies of operational control over massive Orinoco Belt crude projects on Tuesday, a vital move in President Hugo Chavez's nationalization drive. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA)
  • Energy Kinder Morgan posts $637 million loss in second quarter
    Steve Kean, in his office at Kinder Morgan. (For the Chronicle/Gary Fountain, May 22, 2015)
  • Energy Williams to add solar in nine states
    Texas dominates wind energy, producing far more wind-generated electricity than any other state. But when it comes to solar energy, Texas lags far behind California, North Carolina and other states.
  • Energy Oil storage tanks fill up as gasoline demand drops by...
    Commerical crude inventories jumped by nearly 14 million barrels last week as demand deteriorated.
  • Energy Plains cuts third of budget as pipeline operators feel...
    Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline has entered into a joint venture to boost the capacity of its Red River Pipeline in Oklahoma and northeast Texas.

Energy Services

  • Mark McCollum, Weatherford’s CEO.
    Weatherford CEO exits as struggling company faces 'Chapter 22 bankruptcy'
    Weatherford International CEO Mark McCollum left his post five days before the struggling oil field service company's stockholder meeting and amid a new debt crisis that observers say could...
    By Sergio Chapa
  • Over thirty oil drilling rigs are idle in a Helmerich & Payne, Inc. yard along Groening Street in Odessa, Texas, as rig counts drop in the Permian Basin, Monday, May 18, 2015. (Courtney Sacco/Odessa American via AP)
    Helmerich & Payne decomissions 37 drilling rigs, lays off 2,800 people
    By Sergio Chapa
    An employee stands on the deck of a pilot boat in view of the Ocean Princess oil platform, operated by Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., in the Port of Cromarty Firth in Cromarty, Scotland, on Feb. 16, 2016. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Matthew Lloyd.
    Houston-based offshore driller files for bankruptcy
    By David Wethe and Jeremy Hill
    Executives at Schlumberger, the largest oilfield service company in the world, are taking pay cuts while the company implements layoffs and furloughs for workers in the United States and elsewhere in the North America market. 
    Schlumberger executives take pay cuts as North American workforce is...
    By Sergio Chapa
    A worker walks across a pad site where a drilling rig will create three to six wells next to each other at a Chevron drilling and hydraulic fracturing site.
    Drilling rig operators make budget cuts ahead of rig count plummet
    By Sergio Chapa

Refining & Chemicals

  • Energy Covid restaurant shutdowns threaten oil refiners’ biofuel...
    A closed sign is posted at a restaurant along the River Walk in San Antonio, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is allowing Texas' stay-at-home orders to expire this week and easing restrictions on non-essential business and restaurants can open for seating with 25 percent capacity.
  • Energy Dow sets carbon neutral goal for 2050
    The Dow Chemical Company plant sits across the ship channel from Port Freeport. Dow and Brazos River Authority officials convinced the Legislature to pass a bill forcing Houston to sell its water rights in a proposed reservoir west of Simonton, but a judge ruled the law unconstitutional.
  • Energy Gas prices rise with oil rally
    Gasoline prices ahead of the Labor Day weekend are the lowest since 2016.
  • Energy Flint Hills Resources pulls plug on some crude oil purchases
    Kansas pipeline and refinery operator Flint Hills Resources is invoking contract clauses to get out of some crude oil purchase commitments as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause demand for gasoline and other products to sag. 
  • Energy Shell drops out of Energy Transfer's Lake Charles LNG...
    Dallas pipeline operator Energy Transfer and Dutch oil giant Shell have signed an agreement that two companies say moves the proposed Lake Charles LNG export terminal towards a final investment decision.

More Energy News

  • News
    North Carolina blackouts caused by shootings could last days
    Eden Maracco, 8, has lunch her dad Jeffery while power is out at her home, at Reds Food Truck Corner in Southern Pines, N.C., Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Tens of thousands of people braced for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent. CARTHAGE, N.C. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people braced Monday for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent. Across Moore... By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
  • News
    Russia claims Kyiv hit its air bases, fires more missiles
    People work in the subway station being used as a bomb shelter during a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Ukraine’s air force said it shot down more than 60 of about 70 missiles that Russia fired on in its latest barrage against Ukraine. It was the latest onslaught as part of Moscow’s new, stepped-up campaign that has largely targeted Ukrainian infrastructure and disrupted supplies of power, water and heat in the country as winter looms. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones struck two air bases deep inside Russian territory, the Kremlin said Monday, shortly before Russian forces unleashed a massive missile barrage in Ukraine that struck homes and buildings and killed civilians.... By JAMEY KEATEN
  • News
    Sale jumpstarts floating, offshore wind power in US waters
    Hywind Scotland, the world's first commercial wind farm using floating wind turbines, is visible off the coast of Scotland in August 2017. Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, marks the first-ever U.S. auction for leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast. (Woldcam/Equinor via AP) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms, in the deep waters off the West Coast. The live, online auction for the five leases — three off California’s central coast... By GILLIAN FLACCUS
  • News
    EXPLAINER: US power grid has long faced terror threat
    FILE - Power transmission lines deliver electricity to rural Orange County on Aug. 14, 2018, near Hillsborough, N.C. Investigators believe a shooting Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, that damaged power substations in North Carolina was a crime. The shooting serves as a reminder for why experts have stressed the need to secure the U.S. power grid. Authorities have warned that the nation's electricity infrastructure could be vulnerable targets for domestic terrorists. WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators believe a shooting that damaged power substations in North Carolina was a crime. What they haven't named yet is a suspect or a motive. Whatever the reason, the shooting serves as a reminder of why experts have... By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, JONATHAN DREW and REBECCA SANTANA
  • News
    Panel keeps electronic pull tab moratorium in place
    Scott Meske speaks before the Administrative Rules Committee in the North Dakota Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. A North Dakota legislative panel refused to change a rule Monday that creates a moratorium on electronic pull tab machines at gas stations and liquor, grocery and convenience stores. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP) BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota legislative panel refused on Monday to change a rule that creates a moratorium on electronic pull tab machines at gas stations and liquor, grocery and convenience stores. Lobbyists and some lawmakers have... By JAMES MacPHERSON

Politics & Policy

  • Energy Trump and Biden clash on climate in debate
    President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
  • Energy Colorado senator seeks to clean up old oil and gas sites
    Andy Corra, left, co-owner of 4 Corners Riversports in Durango, Colo., talks with Colorado U.S. Sens., Cory Gardner, front right, and Michael Bennet, middle right, on a bridge over the Animas River, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015. in Durango. An Environmental Protection Agency official said Sunday she doesn't believe wildlife will suffer significant health impacts from the large volume of wastewater that spilled from a nearby abandoned mine. (Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
  • Energy Trump extends LNG exports through 2050
    The Woodlands liquefied natural gas company Excelerate Energy debuted its 10th tanker that can be used as an offshore LNG import terminal at destinations around the world. 
  • Energy Occidental seeks federal lifeline for oil industry
    Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub, the first woman leading a major American oil company talks about the growth of the company, Monday, June 4, 2018 in Houston. ( Marie D. De Jesus / Houston Chronicle )
  • Energy Oil deal goes down to wire as Saudis, Russia debate details
    (FILES) A file picture taken on May 17, 2011, shows the Kremlin, which is reflected in the polished company plate of the state-controlled Russian oil giant Rosneft at the entrance of the headquarters in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed today state oil company Rosneft's new tie-up with Britain's energy group BP as beneficial for the economy and a "very good" signal to the markets. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOVDMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP/Getty Images

More Energy News

  • News
    US, EU agree to intensify talks on 'green subsidies' dispute
    From left, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager and European Union Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis participate in a U.S.-EU Stakeholder Dialogue during the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) Ministerial Meeting, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in College Park, Md. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and European Union agreed Monday to intensify talks to resolve EU concerns over major subsidies for American companies contained in a U.S. clean energy law. Although no deal was reached at a meeting of the... By MATTHEW LEE
  • News
    Russian oil price cap, EU ban aim to limit Kremlin war chest
    FILE - An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, on Oct. 11, 2022, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. Oil prices rose Monday Dec. 5, 2022 as the first strong measures to limit Russia's oil profits over the war in Ukraine took effect, bringing with them uncertainty about how much crude could be lost to the global economy through the new sanctions or Russian retaliation. FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major Western measures to limit Russia's oil profits over the war in Ukraine took effect Monday, bringing with them uncertainty about how much crude could be lost to the world and whether they will unleash the hoped-for... By DAVID McHUGH
  • News
    Russia: Mass seal death likely due to oxygen deprivation
    FILE - In this image taken from footage provided by the RU-RTR Russian television on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, journalists and Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office employees walk near the bodies of dead seals on shore of the Caspian Sea, Dagestan. A top Russian environmental official said Monday that the thousands of dead seals that washed up on Russia's Caspian Sea coast likely died from oxygen deprivation. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP, File) MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian environmental official said Monday that the thousands of dead seals that washed up on Russia's Caspian Sea coast likely died from oxygen deprivation. Officials in the republic of Dagestan, which has a long coastline on...
  • News
    India signals it will continue to buy oil from Russia
    In this photo provided by Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar's Twitter handle, Jaishankar and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, pose for a photograph during their meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec.5, 2022. (Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar's Twitter handle via AP) NEW DELHI (AP) — India will prioritize its own energy needs and continue to buy oil from Russia, its foreign minister signaled Monday, as Western governments press Moscow with a price cap to squeeze its earnings from oil exports. Minister of... By SHEIKH SAALIQ
  • News
    Shootings at power substations cause North Carolina outages
    This photos shows the gate to the Duke Energy West End substation in Moore County, N.C. on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. Tens of thousands were without power in the county after what authorities say was an act of criminal vandalism at multiple substations. The Pilot newspaper in Southern Pines reported that infrastructure at the West End substation was damaged. (John Nagy/The Pilot via AP) CARTHAGE, N.C. (AP) — Two power substations in a North Carolina county were damaged by gunfire in what is being investigated as a criminal act, causing damage that could take days to repair and leaving tens of thousands of people without...

HOMES

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    3001 Inwood in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood
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    Terry Bradshaw's Quarter Horses Ranch is listed for $22.5 million.
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    The Houston skyline is seen from the apartment.
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    The home at 418 W Friar Tuck lane feels like an escape to England
  • Homes $2M Houston home built in 1928 by iconic architect hits...
    The Houston home at 1702 Milford Street is listed for $2 million
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