Updated 7/24/2015 News from the Permian Basin and West Texas: Rig count in Permian Basin increases for fourth straight week The oil and gas drilling rig count for the Permian Basin increased for the fourth consecutive week as of July 24, according to Houston-based oilfield services firm Baker Hughes, Inc. And the Texas […]
The Greatest Oilfield Innovation
Strong words, maybe, but there’s a case to be made that proppants are the stuff that made the Permian miracle—and the world’s miracle—happen. Here’s a primer on why proppants are paramount to productive pathways. By Julie Anderson Adults brush it off their skin, shake it from their hair, and dump it out of their […]
Hard Truth’s and Saving Graces
In Part 2 of this three-part series, we delve deeper into some of the implications of the oil and gas downturn of 2014-15, as it affects the Permian Basin. Are the fire sales about to commence? Maybe. But there’s hope for the savvy players who hope to avoid such, and there’s a “floor” in place that not […]
MWD: Enters a New Age
It’s a world of “chasing gamma” “lost circulation zones,” and drillbit steering. The downhole technology that has everyone talking is one that is constantly seeing new refinements. These professionals share some of the latest developments in Measurement While Drilling practices. By Al Pickett, Special Contributor There has been a paradigm shift in the Permian […]
Totally Tubular
Essential to every aspect of drilling oil and gas, pipe is much like the vertebrae of the oil and gas industry. By Shanti Terry If you stop and think about it, the business of pipe can be best described as the skeleton of the oil and gas industry. In the human body you […]
Drilling Deeper: In Times Like These
Fun, new life, and growth are the themes that prevail in this month’s miscellany of truncated articles. These are the full versions of the “Drilling Deeper” news items that appeared as abbreviated versions in the print edition of PBOG’s July 2015 issue. Langan Opens in Houston Langan Engineering and Environmental Services has opened […]
The Big Clean-Up
by Jesse Mullins In Part 1 of this three-part series, we examine the fallout from the steep decline in crude oil prices. It’s a story with plenty of misfortune, to be sure, but it’s one with some surprising strokes of fortune. Meanwhile, some operators are getting their DUCs in a row… There comes […]
Karaoke Connection
A Time-Out for a Tune-Up By Paul Wiseman, Special Contributor “Don’t worry about me, I’ll be in Amarillo by morning—that’s Automatic because I’m in a Lone Star state of mind. Later, there’ll be a Grand tour of the studio and when we’re done we’ll be In the arms of the angels.” Those were the titles […]
Red Adair
He Said “Never Fear a Job but Always Respect It” A century ago this month, the most famous well fire fighter of them all, Red Adair, was born. By Bobby Weaver A hundred years ago this month was born one of the most flamboyant characters ever to grace the highways and byways of the […]
Drilling Deeper: In Times Like These
Social collaboration, low crude oil prices, and EPA proposal flaws are just three of the topics that come up for dissection in this month’s miscellany of truncated articles. These are the full versions of the “Drilling Deeper” news items that appeared as abbreviated versions in the print edition of the June 2015 PBOG. NOV […]
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