NEW OIL FIELD DEEP IN THE GULF A POTENTIAL GIANT Houston Chronicle 9/6/06 Located 270 miles southwest of New Orleans and more than 5 miles below the water’s surface, the potential of the Jack field was known about for years. BIG OIL FIND IS REPORTED DEEP IN GULF US FUNDS PROJECT TO PUMP OIL, FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING Reuters 9/7/06 WASHINGTON…
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department transferred Lake Houston State Park to the city of Houston at 10 am this morning. The park, 4,919.5 acres, is located in New Caney, thirty miles north of Houston.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved penalties totaling $1,310,268 against 58 entities at its meeting on August 23. The largest penalty was $700,000 against Valero Refining-Texas, LP, in Harris County for 16 violations, including exceeding emissions limits, failure to properly report emission events, and failure to prevent nuisance conditions.