UPDATE (2017): Midland Energy Expo is now Permian Basin Oil and Gas Conference and Expo. MIDLAND, TEXAS—What a difference a year makes. The Horse Shoe Arena, venue for the Midland Energy Expo, held April 14-15, was filled to capacity with exhibitors for this year’s show, and with more than 140 booths welcoming visitors, the show […]
The Prospects for EOR
By Lana Cunningham The Permian Basin was the proving ground for Enhanced Oil Recovery using CO2. Now the rest of the country, and even other nations, are hopeful of tapping into the technology. But supply poses a potential limiting factor—and regulatory oversight issues as well. Carnegie Mellon University. Department of Energy and Climate Change. Hanyang […]
The Making of a Well, Part III
Completions and Collection. Comes the payoff—our efforts have shown that this hole in the ground holds oil. Now, how to get it out and off to market? By Jesse Mullins Editor’s Note: Last issue, as part of this series on “The Making of a Well,” we covered the drilling process. Now that our well bore […]
High Lonesome
Carving drill pads out of rugged, brushy country fit for a range-riding cowhand, these dirt work pros know what it’s like to be where “you don’t run into anybody.” By Hanaba Munn Welch Oilfield workers are like cowboys. They often follow in their daddy’s boot prints. Dennis Vaughn of Abilene drives trucks and operates dirt-moving […]
A Western Outlook
A native Coloradoan, Cindy Gettig is, like a lot of out-of-state transplants to the Permian, someone who’s found her place in these parts, and has found plenty to like about her work and the people around her. Permian people are personable, persevering, and perceptive. Might we even add perspicacious, too? The pre-eminence of Permian […]
National Memorial Worker Week
By Darrel Canada Starting on April 28 and continuing through May 2, 2014, the OSHA Training Institutes across the United States and its territories conducted free and reduced cost seminars in remembrance of all the employees who have lost their lives on the job. I took an active role of teaching an OSHA 7405 class […]
Well Completion from a Human Perspective
By Bill Price As we arrive at this third installment of our three-part series covering the human resources function as it relates to the three main stages of oil and gas production (namely, prospecting, drilling, and completion/collection of a well), we find ourselves dealing with the final stage, completion/collection. And for our purposes here, […]
With Some Flex Built In
“Flexibility” would describe the approach, and the career, that Barry Goldsher has shown along the path that has seen his offerings win acceptance in Permian Basin. By Paul Wiseman, special contributor For a number of years, Connecticut-based ClearSpan has provided affordable and easily-moved buildings for oil companies in the Permian Basin. And while the company’s […]
Building a Better Future
The buildings keep going up in the Permian Basin, as the construction industry does its part to keep up with the boom. By Al Pickett, Special Contributor Brad Henderson said he has told a lot of folks recently, “If you haven’t seen Midland in the last two weeks, you haven’t seen Midland.” Indeed, driving across […]
A Rep for Energy
District 81 State Representative-elect Brooks Landgraf takes over where Tryon Lewis leaves off. Andrews, Ector, Winkler, and Ward Counties get a new voice. By Hanaba Munn Welch Brooks Frederick Landgraf (R-Odessa), representative-elect for Texas House District 81, is a young new star in the Texas political sky. Landgraf, a former oil and gas attorney with […]
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