With crude prices plummeting to 20 year lows and a local industry in shambles, Texas oil regulators are contemplating the unthinkable : cutting statewide oil production for the first time since the 1970s. The Railroad Commission of Texas will hold a meeting on Tuesday that could potentially result in mandated caps on the state’s oil output after watching WTI prices collapse by more than 60 percent so far this year. It also comes as domestic oil storage quickly approaches its absolute limit. Ryan Sitton, one of three commissioners at the regulatory body, noted that significant cuts could “stave off a total oil industry meltdown.” Such a radical decision, which needs the authorization of two of the three RCC participants, is being weighed against a backdrop of immense pressure as oil nations come together to attempt to rebalance crude markets before it’s too late. Tomorrow’s decision by the RCC, which […]