Mewbourne Oil engineer invents device to increase underground pipeline safety Andy Brosig/News-Sun Erin McMath wasn’t satisfied with the way oil and gas companies were checking the safety of the miles of high-density polyethelene pipe they were burying in the ground of southeast New Mexico. McMath is a native New Mexican, born in Albuquerque and raised in Los Alamos. He has …

7 injured in Texas natural gas pipeline explosions MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — The number of people injured in a series of explosions on a West Texas natural gas pipeline has risen to seven. Authorities initially said five people — a volunteer firefighter and four pipeline employees — were hurt Wednesday when the explosions happened about 20 miles (30 kilometers) southeast …