The single major advantage of robotics is automation, which drives other improvements in efficiency, productivity, and safety. Automation enables extensive inspection and maintenance tasks to be conducted while feeding back data to help limit operational costs and improve efficiency. Advances in modular and customizable robots will result in growing deployment of robotics in the oil […]

By Laurie Guest There’s never a perfect time to pause your day-to-day work and focus on the internal team, but when you do make the effort, the dividends are immediate. Setting aside an hour, a half-day, a two-day retreat or anything you can manage as a team will provide the opportunity to gather together, grow […]

U.S. crude oil production grew steadily in 2022 thanks to increased energy demand in the United States and internationally. GlobalData noted that the majority of this production has been conducted in the Lower 48 (L48) region, which represented nearly three-fourths of total production. The data and analytics company notes that this upward swing is expected […]

Current natural gas prices, including record high global prices, and renewed concerns for energy security are making projects that capture and commercialize vented, fugitive, and flared methane increasingly economic, with the potential to lower emissions and unlock substantial new supplies of gas, a new analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights finds. The analysis examined 6 key regions—North […]

Corpus Christi Polymers’ (CCP) new petroleum derivatives processing and manufacturing plant in Texas will become the largest in the United States and even in the world once it’s fully operational, producing 1.1 million tons of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and another 1.3 million tons of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) materials. This new plant will represent an […]

by Dr. M. Ray Perryman Job openings in Texas as of September reached an all-time high at 1,026,000. According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the state has once again topped one million openings after a few months below that level (initially reached in June). Last September, there were 855,000 openings […]

XRI Holdings, LLC, a water recycling company in the Permian Basin, announced Dec. 1 they have commenced construction of their Evolution Pipeline System. The system is a purpose-built large-scale, multi-producer water recycling and produced water infrastructure network connecting XRI’s existing pipeline infrastructure system in Midland County to its significant infrastructure footprint located in Reagan and […]