Welcome and salutations! We may be going into some tough times, not that we as Americans—or as members of the oil and gas community—haven’t had our share already. One topic that is prevalent in our industry and often skirted or glossed over is mental health. It is a given that our industry is a “dog eat dog” world. On the grander scale, political influences, justified or not, … [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]
Featured Story

Hitting the Mark: A Father’s Day Tribute
Click here to listen to the Audio verison of this story! This month being the month that holds Father's Day (June 15), I'm going to share a story of a father. It just happens that the story I know best is the one I know from my own dad, Jess … [Read More]

Financial Maturity or Lack of
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 … [Read More]

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]