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PBOG is the Official Publication of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and is published monthly by Zachry Publications, LP.

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The Unintended Consequences of Over-Zealous Regulations

February 24, 2025 by PBOG

regulations

Let’s face it, there aren’t many jobs in Cut Bank, Montana. And of those that do exist, the top-paying ones are jobs in the energy industry, like oil and gas operators and energy service companies. Some of those oilfield jobs involve companies such as Montalban Oil & Gas Company (MOGO), owned by Patrick Montalban. MOGO […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Industry Analysis

Permian Oil: The Next Four Years

February 20, 2025 by PBOG

Fourteen years ago, in 2011, I wrote an article for MarketWatch that described how frac’ing for oil and gas would “change everything” for American energy. Among my assertions was the prediction that the United States would be an energy exporter by 2019. The negative comments on the piece were overwhelming. I was told that I was stupid and naive […]

Filed Under: Business & Analysis, Featured Article

Hiring and Retention: Everyone’s Challenge

February 17, 2025 by PBOG

While hiring and talent acquisition and retention have long been issues across all sectors of the American economy, perhaps nowhere do those issues pose such unique challenges as are found in the Permian Basin. And yet these are challenges that have been answered with innovation and energy. Considerable effort has been made over the years […]

Filed Under: Business & Analysis, Featured Article, Industry Analysis

Ethics. Still Necessary?

February 6, 2025 by PBOG

ethics

I am on my soapbox this month because I have watched several people in various generations either ignore ethical behavior entirely or ignore it until they were reminded of the “right” way to do things. My question is: are there consequences for being unethical in 2025? Remembering the truth will always be easier than remembering […]

Filed Under: Business & Analysis, Featured Article, Human Resources

Landman Launches, a 21-Well Pad, and O&G’s New Best Friend

January 30, 2025 by PBOG

Money? It’s Baaaaaccckk. You hear things from different people with different connections. It is always nice as an analyst to try and put things into perspective. A recent Hart’s article quantified some numbers and the implications are interesting. Oil, natural gas, and midstream development have gotten hot. Quickly. In the last 10 days of October, almost $20 billion of private equity funding […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Industry Analysis

The Permian Basin in 2025

January 23, 2025 by PBOG

Basin

This month, with the New Year just beginning, I’d like to take a brief look at things to expect in Permian developments for 2025. With political changes, there is a lot of anticipation that “drill, baby, drill” will make material impacts in oil and gas production. I think the impact will be minimal on production […]

Filed Under: Business & Analysis, Featured Article, The Financial Picture

Holding the Line, Measured Approaches, and What the Web Revealed

December 26, 2024 by PBOG

The journal entries below are excerpted from recent installments of James Wicklund’s “Things I Learned…” newsletter. Funk.  The oil and gas business continues in a funk, with oil prices around $70, the world fairly awash in oil and the hopes for demand growth not yet materializing. The sector has held the line on capex and spending, […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Fun, Industry Analysis

Permian Basin Under Trump 2.0

December 12, 2024 by PBOG

Trump

During President Trump’s first term he was able to streamline regulations and support infrastructure development. Much of that infrastructure is now complete. Going forward, the most important things that a new Trump administration is likely to achieve is loosening environmental regulation, which has bordered on onerous, and allowing a continued move to consolidate assets. Under […]

Filed Under: Business & Analysis, Featured Article, Industry Analysis

Permian People December 2024

December 6, 2024 by PBOG

June

December 2024: Hirings, promotions, and other personnel matters in the nation’s biggest oil patch—or in companies who do business here.   SM Energy Company announced Sept. 9 that Beth McDonald had been appointed as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. President and Chief Executive Officer Herb Vogel commented: “We are delighted to welcome Beth to our […]

Filed Under: Business & Analysis, Featured Article, People, Permian People

The 4-Day Work Week in the Oil Patch

December 5, 2024 by PBOG

I once heard a quote that sums up the oilfield work week: “It’s only two more workdays til Monday.” Unless the world is planning to change, work does not stop in the Oil Patch on Friday, much less on Saturday or Sunday.   For families in the Permian Basin, where both parents work, what would […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources

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