As I write this, the Texas legislature is at its peak of activity and PBPA is right in the middle of it. Before I discuss the latest legislative activities, I want to give credit to a Texas state agency. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), an agency who has had its fair share of […]
From the Chairman: Final Push
Sunset legislation and other critical issues draw greater scrutiny as the Texas Legislature heads down the home stretch. The Texas legislative session is in full swing. Many issues are being discussed. The Railroad Commission Sunset is probably the biggest issue impacting our industry at this point. The House Energy Resources Committee heard testimony last month […]
Workovers: April 2013
April: Enjoy it While it’s Here They might call April the “cruelest month,” but we’ve seen how hot things can get out in the field in July. Things do get hot on the 15th, but in the rest of the month, things are a lot lighter, with occasions like these: April 9th is Name Yourself […]
News Reviews – April 2013
Tim Rochford is taking over as chairman, Kelly Hoffman is CEO, and David Fowler is now president of Ring Energy, which is reorganizing its management and relocating its headquarters to Midland from Tulsa. The Tulsa World reported that Ring Energy, which focuses on drilling properties in West Texas and Kansas, last summer acquired Stanford Energy, […]
Toward Tort Reform: February PBPA Luncheon
The co-founder of Texans for Lawsuit Reform carries his cause to West Texas. MIDLAND, TEXAS—Attendees to the February PBPA luncheon heard an appeal from Richard “Dick” Weekley, the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR), a statewide tort reform organization dedicated to bringing fairness and balance back to Texas’ civil justice system. […]
Tools of the Trade 2013
An address on entrepreneurship by Dick Saulsbury highlighted the Burmass Tools of the Trade Expo. First you have to find the thing you believe in. Those were the words of Dick Saulsbury, keynote speaker at the 2013 Burmass “Tools of the Trade” Exposition, held Feb. 28-March 1 at the Horseshoe Arena in Midland. Saulsbury, whose […]
The Life Cycle of Pipe
By Jesse Mullins Seemingly the simplest component of the oil and gas industry’s vast array of hardware, pipe is subject to intense scrutiny and is a product that will “make the rounds” more than most. Can any industry be more dependent on pipe than the oil and gas industry? Pipe defines, perhaps more than any […]
Give Me Land, Lots of Land
By Paul Wiseman, special contributor Landmen see Basin land rush moving northward and eastward. It only seems like there’s an echo in here. It’s just that people really are repeating “Cline Shale, Cline Shale,” wherever you go, a phenomenon that can be especially unnerving in small space like an elevator. It’s not that this play […]
Eternal Vigilance
By Al Pickett, special contributor Eternal vigilance is, as the saying goes, the price of liberty, but it is the price of safety as well–especially in today’s hectic and fast-paced oilfield. Krisha Marker said she received a phone call recently that she called the “greatest Valentine’s Day gift a safety person could receive.” Marker is […]
On Being Accommodating
The accommodation doctrine could draw a further opinion from the Texas Supreme Court The Texas Supreme Court heard argument recently on an important case for both landowners and operators: Merriman v. XTO Energy. Although I wrote about this case several months ago, a revisit is prudent. To refresh memories, the Texas Supreme Court was asked […]
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