By Jesse Mullins Will ESG win the day and welcome O&G into the Climate Change fold, converting O&G’s leadership into the Green Movement’s biggest cheerleaders? Or is the Energy Transition slipping a gear as the country barrels toward 2024… or 2030… or 2050… or whatever target date means most to the faithful. We opine. The words you […]
Mister Sandman
Amid the shifting landscape of the oil patch over the last two-plus years, completions have been among the sectors most buffeted by the changes. And frac sand is right in the middle of the storm. Frac sand suppliers have re-engineered, refocused, and reduced, only to quickly begin ramping back up as demand shot up in […]
Building Momentum
In 2020 and the first half of 2021, finding work was the biggest problem in the oil patch. Now, finding workers is a greater challenge, but longtime firms like Saulsbury Industries are holding their own as the construction field roars back to life. Jeremy Nelson, vice president of operations for Saulsbury Industries, said the company […]
Luncheon Speaker: TCEQ Commissioner Emily Lindley, March 17, Midland Petroleum Club
TCEQ Commissioner Emily Lindley addressed the membership of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association (PBPA) in the Midland Petroleum Club as keynote speaker for its March 17 luncheon. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is the environmental agency for the state. TCEQ employs approximately 2,800 workers who are located in 16 regional offices around Texas and […]
Water’s Place in the Big Scheme of Permian Things
by Jesse Mullins MIDLAND, TEXAS—After a two-year hiatus, due to Covid, the Permian Basin Water in Energy Conference, said by some to be the best conference of its kind anywhere, returned to the Horseshoe Arena in this oil town and picked up right where it left off. Or maybe it picked up just a notch […]
Opinion Will 2022 Be the Year of Comeuppance?
Oil and gas in the Permian Basin has been put through the shale shaker in this still-new decade of the 2020s. And still, the energy bulls and the ebullient forecasters keep promising that the Big Bounceback is just up ahead. Is that still the case after a 2021 full of commodity price ups and downs? […]
It Comes at a Premium
For many companies in the Oil Patch—producers or service companies—insurance is one of the top expenses, especially when the reckoning includes health policies—and premiums for that coverage are rising quickly. But the protection from loss and liability provided by insurance is important, and for many service companies it’s required by most Master Service Agreements (MSAs). […]
A Rebound Taking Shape?
Sooner or later, oil comes to the surface. It’s true in the world of nature. Any spillage of oil or gasoline on a lake or pond will float above the water. It’s true in the world of subsurface geology. Crude oil wants to rise to the surface of the earth. That’s why “traps” and anticlines […]
Seeking Its Own Level
From 2017-2019, UTPB’s Water in Energy Conference was markedly more successful than its founders had imagined. Designed to connect “industry leaders and researchers, sharing in best practices and cutting-edge approaches to some of the oil and gas industry’s most pressing water issues,” the conference in each of the first three years saw tremendous growth in […]
The NGL Factor
In Memphis, Elvis is The King. In the Permian Basin, Oil is The King. Oil’s had a long string of hits in West Texas, dating back more than 100 years. Its backup singers, natural gas and natural gas liquids, have their place, but they’ll never be the star of the show. In fact, NGLs are […]
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