My Ethics class interviewed a successful Harvard MBA who also had a law degree from another Tier One university. He worked for many years in the oil and gas industry, including, at one point, working for three Fortune 500 Corporations in Midland, Houston, San Antonio, India, and Abu Dhabi. Our interviewee, who wants to be anonymous, left the energy sector in the late 1980s and … [Read More]

Spring Swing Was a Beautiful Thing
ODESSA, TEXAS—The Odessa Country Club on April 7 was the locale for a gathering of some of the best human beings in West Texas and New Mexico as the Permian Basin … [Read More]

PBPA’s Spring Swing Scheduled for April 7
Monday, April 7, is the date when the Permian Basin Petroleum Association's celebrated Spring Swing Golf Tournament takes to the links. This four-man … [Read More]
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What’s So Smart About Artificial Intelligence?
Click here to listen to the Audio verison of this story! The boom/bust cycle has challenged the oil industry in many ways over the decades. Since the turn of the millennium, the newest challenge has been how to adopt new technology when there’s the frantic … [Read More]

Permian People June 2026
ExxonMobil announced April 2 that Karen T. McKee, president of ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company, was to retire effective May 1. The Board of Directors appointed Matt Crocker president, ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company and vice president … [Read More]

The Changing Landscape of Leasing and Minerals
Click here to listen to the Audio verison of this story! The flurry of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity over the last two years has changed the minerals landscape in the Permian Basin, along with most producing basins in the United States. … [Read More]