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No Digital Era for Texas Oil Agency

October 30, 2012 5:00 am by: Brian Baresch

Drillers and other oil and gas companies would like the Railroad Commission to have better technology. Photo by Dave Fehling/StateImpact TexasDrillers and other oil and gas companies would like the Railroad Commission to have better technology. Photo by Dave Fehling/StateImpact Texas

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By Dave Fehling, StateImpact Texas

You might do your banking online. Or file your taxes or renew your driver’s license online. But the electronic revolution has only gone so far. Dave Fehling reports for StateImpact Texas, that doing business in Texas involving the state’s biggest industry is like going back in time.

We’re probably stuck somewhere in the mid ’90s as far as technology and software is concerned. It’s not acceptable; we’ve got to improve that.

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