Late last week my mom texted me, “Only the good die young.” Then, “Oscar Wyatt.” The 101-year-old oil tycoon was primarily famous for turning an $800 loan in 1955 into a pipeline company that became the Coastal Corporation — a national energy conglomerate that earned him billions. He passed away in Houston last week “peacefully […]
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A Giant Oil-Soaked Geyser is Spewing Filth Into the West Texas Sky
In what sounds like the grossest water show ever, a geyser of salty, possibly oil-laced water is blasting 100 feet into the air in West Texas, where earthquakes caused by wastewater injections have been shaking things up lately. We don’t know the source of the geyser yet; a Texas Railroad Commission map showed the area […]
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Giant Houston-Area Pipeline Explosion Reportedly Sparked by Car Crash
A massive pipeline explosion in the Houston area was still burning Tuesday morning. Nearly 1,000 homes were evacuated early Monday in Deer Park after a vehicle drove through a fence and struck an above-ground valve connected to the natural gas pipeline, the Associated Press reported. Witnesses said it sounded “like a bomb went off.” Witnesses […]
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Are You There, Texas? It’s Me, Olivia.
Welcome to The Barbed Wire. If you’re reading this and live in Texas — or used to live in Texas or care about Texas — you’re in the right place. Here’s what we’re offering: We would like to make you laugh and tell you hard stories. We want to inform, to engage, and to help you […]