Perry was a good governor and Texas has a long history of oil and gas development. If you lived for more than a decade in Texas, particularly if you were in Texas politics, you had to know about the oil, gas, and coal industries as they are essential to our economy.
I am a 7th generation Texan so I know how important the oil and gas industry is to the state. I also know that the governor has very little to do with it. That would be the Railroad Commission.