West Texas Intermediate between the two has once again increased to over $14, but was back down to $4 by the end of 2014. West Texas Intermediate West Texas Intermediate (WTI), also known as Texas light sweet, is a grade of crude oil used as a benchmark in oil pricing. This grade is described as Medium crude oil because of its relatively low density, and sweet because of its low sulfur content. It is the underlying commodity of New York Mercantile Exchange's oil futures contracts. The price of WTI is often referenced in news reports on oil prices, alongside the price of Brent
Texas State Technical College was ranked #1 in Texas and #11 in the nation among two-year colleges according to the 2007 college ranking conducted by Washington Monthly. In response to the growing need for technical training involving wind power (Texas is the number one wind-energy generating state in the United States, primarily centered in windy West Texas), in 2007, TSTC Sweetwater created the first community college wind energy program in Texas, and constructed a demonstration 2 MW 60 Hz DeWind D8.2 prototype wind turbine for student training. Texas State Technical College has partnered with Pinnacle Career Institute in Kansas City to offer the wind