After many years of operation on an antiquated system, the Texas Railroad Commission–regulator of the state’s oil and gas industry–is getting new computers. In fact, all new information technology. By Al Pickett, special contributor Information technology, or “I.T.” as it is commonly termed, is a way of life today. Seemingly every facet of both our […]
The Small Business HR Challenge
While the personnel functions within a small company can be challenging, there are answers out there, too. By Bill Price Many businesses start as a family affair with their children pitching in. Sometimes it is two friends with nothing more than a handshake and a verbal agreement to split the profits. These small business situations […]
A Test of the “Right to Pool”
In January of last year, the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas issued an opinion that centered on surface use by an oil and gas operator. The Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s judgment, which found in favor of the surface owners, Will and Loree Hegar. The operator, Key Operating & […]
Mitigation, CCAAs, and More
This is the month the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is scheduled make the final decision on whether to list the Lesser Prairie Chicken as Threatened or Endangered. The PBPA endangered species committee and I have worked constantly for the last fifty years to prevent this potentially devastating decision from occurring. Well, maybe it […]
Doing a Land Office Business
The year 2014 has begun with a bang in the Permian Basin. San Antonio-based Lake Truck Lines opened an oilfield services facility in Odessa with another planned in Snyder as it expands into the Permian Basin. Doug Cain, president and CEO, told the Midland Reporter Telegram, “We will probably be going after the Cline Shale […]
A Barometer of Everyone’s Success
That’s what the equipment rental business is. A thriving industry in its own right, it keeps other oil and gas operations humming, and its own fortunes chart a picture of the health of everyone else. By Paul Wiseman, special contributor Equipment rental is big. Bigger than ever. And it’s headed for unprecedented heights in the […]
Death by H2S
A negligent company owner gets prison and fines. By Darrel Canada During all the years spent in the oilfield and in training classes I have taught, I’ve always tried to make a difference in people’s mindsets. I want the hard working men and women going back home safe to their families every day. I feel […]
No Shortage of Work
The well servicing industry gets it going and coming. They’re all the time going out to new wellsites during this drilling boom, and they’re always coming back to their mainstays–the producing wells–to keep the crude flowing. By Hanaba Munn Welch The steadiest, surest income from the exploration for the earth’s riches characteristically comes to companies […]
Give Our Regards
Broadway beckons, barbecue beguiles, and firestarters flicker. WHERE TO EAT: West Texas barbecue is a wonderous thing. Barbecue served straight out of the pit is even better. If you’ve got a hankering for slow-cooked meat in hefty quantities, KD’s Barbecue on Garden City Highway and Interstate 20 is the answer. Come on in and grab […]
In Like a Lion
Never look back. Have the moxie to “let go of certainties.” Pull the tubing on that old well. Oh, and France wants you. With March at hand, winter’s all but whipped. All we need to worry about are rains, sleet, flareups of scorching heat, gale force winds, maybe record snow and bitter cold. Hmm. February […]
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