CORPUS CHRISTI - With the winter sun gleaming on its full, tawny coat, a lone coyote pauses to watch human visitors as they examine a new gas well in a remote corner of Padre Island National Seashore.

The rig will be on contract to Golden Gate for 12 months with options to extend for up to a further 2 years by 6-month intervals. The Kindee ST 212 #1 well will initiate an active drilling program ...

Novus Petroleum has discovered gas with the first well of its Padre Island exploration program in the onshore Gulf of Mexico. The La Playa-1 well encountered six gas bearing zones, five of which ...

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TX The Texas General Land Office said it doesn't know what is causing the tar-like blobs, but authorities were working to clean up the popular tourist destination.