# Jon Rosenthal Names Railroad Commission Transition Team

> Texas Railroad Commissioner-elect Jon Rosenthal pledges to double the agency’s budget, streamline oil permitting, and plug orphan wells.
- Title: Jon Rosenthal Names Railroad Commission Transition Team
- Summary: Texas Railroad Commissioner-elect Jon Rosenthal pledges to double the agency’s budget, streamline oil permitting, and plug orphan wells.
- Keywords: texas railroad commission, jon rosenthal, orphan wells, oil and gas production, permian basin, railroad commission transition team, Texastribune
- Source: Texastribune — https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17524175/jon-rosenthal-first-address-railroad-commissioner
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- Topics: texas railroad commission, jon rosenthal, orphan wells, oil and gas production, permian basin, railroad commission transition team, news, local
## Rosenthal's Budget and Priorities
Texas Railroad Commissioner-elect Jon Rosenthal will push to double the agency’s half-billion-dollar budget, raise employee wages, and streamline oil permitting.
## Orphan Wells Focus
Rosenthal aims to plug thousands of orphan oil and gas wells with no owner and make well shutdowns less expensive and faster.
## Transition Team
Rosenthal’s transition team includes former Republican Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman and sitting commissioner Jim Wright in advisory role.
## Permian Basin Context
Midland, the Permian Basin’s capital, produced nearly half of the nation’s oil last year.
## Key takeaway

Jon Rosenthal, the new Texas Railroad Commissioner, aims to double the agency’s budget, raise wages, and address orphan oil wells.