USA TODAY | Christi Craddick: Texas oil queen USA TODAY The future of U.S. energy and the dawn of its energy independence is happening here, in a state whose economy — the second biggest in the country — is run in large part by oil and gas. In Texas, oil is king. And Craddick — who helms America's ... State lawmakers want feds to end oil export ban Texas Takes Aim at Crude Oil Export Ban Poll: Will Congress lift the ban on crude oil exports? |