It seems like every year when September rolls around, I find myself asking what happened to the summer months? Time slips by in all the hustle and bustle of everyday life. The kids are already back in school, and a new football season is upon us… thankfully. For the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, September means it’s time for our Annual Meeting which is scheduled for the … [Read More]
Schlumberger Cooks the Competition
MIDLAND, TEXAS—The 2023 Permian Basin Petroleum Association Sporting Clay Shoot and Oil Patch Pit Challenge is now in the books, and, where the cooking part is … [Read More]
Q&A: Helping Operators to Optimize Production from Complex Shale Reservoirs
For shale operators, midstream companies, and gathering network or saltwater distribution network owners, it can be difficult to uncover how to get the most … [Read More]
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Change Happens-Sometimes for the Good
Welcome to this month’s edition of oilfield safety. This month I’m opting to do a small variation from safety and take the opportunity to branch out and attempt to sing our industry’s praises! After years of being in the oilfield, 52 years to be exact, the … [Read More]
Reality Bites: Lenders Roll with the Changes
By Paul Wiseman In the early shale boom days of 2010 and off-and-on through about 2018, getting financing was relatively easy. Private equity (PE) funds and banks alike saw the drilling and production boom as an opportunity to grow their … [Read More]
Quiet Hiring
In resuming the topic of recruitment from last month, I want to mention the latest buzzword: quiet hiring. Remember quiet quitting and quiet firing? I would be a millionaire if I could be clever enough to come up with these terms. I want to give credit to … [Read More]