Roads: County, Energy Company Lay Groundwork for Productivity by Julie Anderson Some relationships have natural tension simply because of cause and effect. However, this doesn’t mean the two parties can’t forge a positive path, especially when they step outside the challenges and look at the big picture. It’s no secret that the oil and gas […]
Byword for 2019 and Beyond: Be Prepared
Prepping Your Company for the O&G Upswing: IFS The oil and gas industry has a tendency to boom or bust, with price driven by a number of factors—from government intervention and regulation to geographic demand variation. Chuck Rathmann, Senior Marketing Communications Evangelist, North America, at IFS, looks at how operational intelligence is helping organizations profitably manage […]
Last Splash of the Summer: Get It
The fine folks at Huckberry—they recommend a lot of quality products for men—were keen on this wristwatch that we display here. It’s the watch that Richard Dreyfuss wore in Jaws, and it’s now available (in a remastered version) in the Nautoscaph II, a streamlined and stylish dive watch in stainless steel by watchmaker Alsta. For […]
Cybersecurity
By Julie Anderson Imagine an intruder found a small hole through which to snake a video device into your home. Throughout the next week, the invader deftly wound the video probe through each room and closet of your house, finding valuables both large and small. Then, one day you left your travel plans in clear […]
When It Hit Him In the Face
When he died at age 100—40 years ago this year—he was the last of the Spindletop oil pioneers. Curtis G. Hamill was a driller on the 1901 discovery well that launched the Texas oil industry. As his obituary stated, Hamill was standing on a derrick platform 40 feet off the ground Jan. 10, 1901, when […]
Future Oil Price Road Map
Oil Price Stability: Fragile Barring a geopolitical event, latest data indicates a market balance will endure in coming months, keeping oil prices near current levels. Long term, the bias is higher, with growing evidence a supply gap will emerge before 2025. by Paul Kuklinski WTI crude is $67/B, compared to a 1H18 average just over […]
Last Splash of the Summer: DO IT
While it may still be sultry summertime, there are refreshing getaways for those who know where to look. Reeves County this year’s hot spot of hot spots for drilling and completion activity—holds one such retreat. Balmorhea State Park, in Toyahville, is home to one of the largest (1/3 acre) manmade pools in the world. […]
Automation Gets in Gear
The steps-saving discipline that is automation keeps expanding its realm. From a service company’s back office to a producer’s onsite operations to injection chemicals at remote locations—and far beyond—automation continues to spread its ability to streamline and inform oil patch operations. Innovators in those three areas share their expertise. By Paul Wiseman Transparency and Accountability […]
Carbon Black: The Overlooked Commodity
Wherever Wheels are Rolling… on ice or mud or snow… the name that’s known is carbon black. Where the rubber meets the road. Just another essential product brought to the world by the fine folks in oil and gas. There are places in West Texas, especially areas in close proximity to gasoline refineries, where you […]
Digging Into The Dug, Part 2
It was sand, water, logistics, services, and completion technology as the second full day of the DUG Permian Basin Conference brought the event to a conclusion. The two days in Fort Worth were an immersion course in Basin basics. By Jesse Mullins | Photography by Tom Fox Last month we shared the messages of Day […]
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