The historic Spindletop oil site in Texas offers a model for storing more natural gas underground amid forecasts of surging ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — After a well at Spindletop in Beaumont struck oil on Jan. 10, 1901, the birth of the modern petroleum industry came to be. Now 123 years later, the Spindletop Gladys City ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — The Lucas Gusher at Spindletop, which gave birth to the modern petroleum industry and transformed Beaumont into an oil boom town, marks its 124th anniversary on Friday.

Before Spindletop, oil was a relatively scarce and expensive commodity. But the sheer volume of oil unleashed by this gusher – an estimated 100,000 barrels a day – changed everything.

In 1901, the twin oil discoveries of the historic Spindletop well in Beaumont, Texas, and Louisiana's first successful well in a Jennings rice field paved the way for the growth ...

In 1901, the twin oil discoveries of the historic Spindletop well in Beaumont, Texas, and Louisiana's first successful well in a Jennings rice field paved the way for the growth of an energy ...

If you're looking to make almost double Texas' minimum wage at an organization making a "large impact" on the local community, mark Oct. 20 on your calendar. The Spindletop Center will host a ...

Last week, exactly 100 years after the Spindletop gusher ushered in the start of the modern petroleum age, the world's largest offshore oil rig sank off the coast of Brazil. Owned by the Brazilian ...