Trinity East Energy

The council's quiet vote approving a $55 million pay out to an oil and gas company, could be the end of a decade-long legal fight over drilling on city-owned land.

A decade after a legal fight began over a deal to drill for natural gas on city-owned land, Dallas council members are considering a $55 million payout to settle.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says a $30 million lawsuit filed Thursday by Trinity East Energy is the latest in a “game of poker.” The gas drilling company…

The Dallas City Council has killed plans to drill for natural gas on three tracts of land in the northwest part of the city. Concerns about the drilling…

It appears the Dallas Plan Commission is taking a tougher stand on gas drilling than the city’s drilling task force recommended. Plan Commissioners are…

Gas drilling on park land in northwest Dallas has been turned down for a second time. The City Plan Commission heard three hours of debate over drilling…

Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm takes the hot seat Wednesday at City Hall. The mayor has requested an explanation of the Trinity East Energy gas drilling…

Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm admits her staff added a piece of city park land to a gas drilling lease without City Council approval.Councilman Scott…

Debate over the first permits to drill for natural gas in Dallas heated up at the City Plan Commission meeting as drilling opponents alleged a backroom…

Next month, the Dallas City Plan Commission will reconsider its denial of gas drilling permits for Trinity East Energy. But, some at the commission…

UPDATE 10:45am: The re-vote on gas drilling permits for Trinity East Energy may not happen today. Three city council members have sent a letter to the…

The Dallas City Plan Commission voted against natural gas drilling permits on three sites in northwest Dallas on Thursday. That move becomes an…