I'm reminiscing here, but, truth be told, this piece is a plug for the FFA. You live in Texas and New Mexico. In God's Country. Get your kids into the FFA and watch them grow. Now for my own version of this, for what it's worth. Starting out, we weren't much more than a bunch of hayseeds. But we would become more than that, thanks in large part to the greatest youth … [Read More]
On the Regulatory Front Lines
We share here the remarks from Ben Shepperd, President of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, on the occasion of the Association's Feb. 19 membership … [Read More]
The “Missing Link” in Rig Connectivity
The "Missing Link" in Rig Connectivity While many automation providers offer "general industrial" solutions, ICP DAS USA has captured the Permian market by … [Read More]
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Unwilling? Unable? Or Untrained?
This month, we are going to take a different approach. As Henry David Thoreau said in 1854, sometimes it is necessary to simplify, simplify, simplify. It can be our outlet to reduce life’s unnecessary details, material possessions, and complexities to focus on … [Read More]
Fuel for the Road to Success
The Beatles sang about a “Long and Winding Road” leading to their fame and fortune, and what is now the world’s top-producing oil basin—the Permian—has a similar tale. In this story experts from research firms S&P Global and Wood Mackenzie help unpack the … [Read More]
OFS in Flux
“You can’t tell the players without a scorecard,” was the ancient baseball vendor’s cry. Today’s Permian Basin scorecards can only be tracked digitally, which is good, because they’re always in flux. In this story longtime oilfield stalwart Eric Danos, … [Read More]