ODESSA, TEXAS—The beautiful Odessa Country Club was the site on May 28 for the day-long golf event that has come to be known as the Permian Basin Petroleum Association “Spring Swing.” Fine weather greeted the full slate of teams. The format was a four-man scramble. If enthusiastic participation in golf tournaments can be construed as a barometer of the vigor of the oil … [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]
Phillips 66 Takes Aim on Texas Projects
Phillips 66 announced May 18 it is moving forward with the Zeus Gas Plant and a third Coastal Bend Fractionator, two projects that will advance its integrated … [Read More]
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Milton Friedman: Architect of Modern Free Market Economics
Our nation lost the man who was possibly its greatest economist of the last 100 years when Milton Friedman passed away 20 years ago. Some of us are old enough to remember his appearances on television in the 1980s, during the Reagan years, when, with rousing … [Read More]
Keeping Things Real
It was James M. Barrie, the English author known as the creator of Peter Pan, who said that “Life is a long lesson in humility.” It seems that we either learn humility on our own, of our own volition, or, if we live long enough, we get it ground into us by … [Read More]
Unforeseen Consequences
I am finishing this article on April 15, and I was so delighted to pay my taxes this year. The more you make, the more you are taxed, and if you are 65 or older, the more you pay for Medicare. Our younger workers have no idea what will happen when they turn 65 … [Read More]