Calvin Tillman

After serving 8 years as a local elected official, it is vitally clear that we must hold our elected officials accountable. ~Calvin Tillman

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2011

May (2011)

Dish Mayor Calvin Tilman Testifies at Railroad Commission – Oil and Gas Lawyer Blog

In Dish, Texas, Mayor Calvin Tilman brought air monitoring data and resident complaints before the Texas Railroad Commission, the state’s oil and gas regulator. He described odors, emissions, and health concerns near compressor stations. The hearing placed a small town’s grievances in front of a powerful agency — and forced regulators to respond on record.

Source: Oil and Gas Lawyer Blog (2010) Read More

February (2011)

Health Issues Follow Natural Gas Drilling In Texas

In Texas shale country, residents began reporting headaches, nosebleeds, respiratory trouble — symptoms they linked to nearby gas wells and compressor stations. Regulators cited limited data. Operators denied systemic harm. But families living downwind counted flares, truck traffic, and sleepless nights. As drilling accelerated, so did questions about what exactly communities were breathing — and who would prove it.

Source: NPR - Morning Edition (2009) Read More

How Should We Do the Mountain?: Who the heck is Calvin Tilman?

On a grassroots blog asking “How should we do the mountain?”, writers wrestled with development pressure in vulnerable terrain. Beneath the rhetoric lay a real tension: economic opportunity versus irreversible landscape change. Mountains are not abstractions — they hold water, wildlife corridors, tourism economies. When extraction proposals arrive, communities must decide whether “doing” the mountain means drilling it.

Source: How Should We Do the Mountain? (2010) Read More

January (2011)

Barnett Shale

Before the Marcellus became a household term in drilling regions, the Barnett was the proving ground — the early large-scale demonstration that shale could produce at commercial volume. The Barnett story is where techniques hardened into routine: horizontal drilling, multi-stage fracking, pipeline buildout, and flaring. It’s the prequel basin — the place where the modern shale template was refined before it spread across the country.

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2010

September (2010)

Shale Gas Costing 2/3 Less Than OPEC Oil Incites Water Concern

Shale gas priced at a fraction of OPEC crude ignited a drilling rush across the U.S., redrawing global energy math. Investors poured billions into horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing, betting on domestic abundance. As rigs multiplied, so did questions: could regulators keep pace? Cheap gas promised independence — but the speed of the boom raised stakes far beyond balance sheets.

Source: Bloomberg.com (2010) Read More

August (2010)

Decatur Texas: When Drilling Starts The Ruggiero’s story from the Barnett Shale gas play in Wise County, Texas

In Decatur, Texas, the Ruggiero family described what changed after nearby drilling began — odors, noise, medical symptoms, uncertainty about air quality. State regulators conducted tests. Companies defended operations. For families living beside compressor stations, the energy boom was not macroeconomics — it was lived proximity.

Source: Earthworks (2012) Read More