Welcome to this month’s installation of safety! Today I will be making an analogy to the sport of football. It is one of the most popular sports in the Permian Basin. Most companies, large or small, evaluate their respective effectiveness as a safe company once a year. Traditionally it is after the Christmas season and […]
Where the Action Is
With return on investment and environmental, societal, and governance (ROI and ESG) concerns topping the charts, service companies tasked with getting downhole and opening the wellbore are under the gun these days. Making hole quickly is the first step, and completing the well—or in some cases re-completing—can boost producers’ bottom line. Legacy Directional Drilling, GEOData, […]
Workforce Development and Literacy Skills Go Hand in Hand
Workforce development in the Permian is a hot topic. Still, as I have met with various educational and non-profit organizations, there needs to be more clarity between what the industry needs and how the word is getting out on professional development offerings for our workforce. I learned that some organizations could better market their offerings […]
Balancing Act
Drilling a well in any oil formation actually produces three things: Oil, natural gas (and associated liquids), and water. All of it must go somewhere on its way to processing, disposal, or reuse. As those ratios change, apportioning the midstream capacity can be a moving target, especially when those investment decisions and construction windows involve […]
Crunch Time in the Legislature
Members, The Texas Legislature continues to churn through its 140-day session and with the final month of the legislative session arriving, we are certainly at crunch time. A record number of House and Senate bills were filed but perhaps the greatest challenge of all is that a significant number of these record bills were filed […]
88th Regular Session Enters Home Stretch
Texas representatives and senators are required by law to pass a balanced budget every two years. While the House and Senate each work on the budget and hold hearings simultaneously, they traditionally take turns originating the general appropriations bill and chairing the Budget Conference Committee. For the 2023 Regular Session, the bill originated in the […]
The Power of the Permian
The week of February 13-17, 2023, will go down as a very important time for the communities of the Permian Basin and the oil and gas industry of the United States. The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee held a subcommittee hearing focusing on how Federal Energy Production Supports Local Communities at the University of Texas […]
To Weather the Storms
The saying about the weather—if you don’t like it, just wait a minute, it’ll change—has become interchangeable with oil prices. Actually, oil prices tend to change even if you do like the current ones. The last two years have pelted the industry with everything from the tornadoes of negative prices to the sunshine of triple […]
HR in a Box: Keep it Simple, Keep it Legal
I recently presented on my favorite Human Resources (HR) topics and was pleasantly surprised that more participants than not answered over half my questions correctly. The same day of the presentation, a client called and asked me a question; I answered that the client had to pay the individual who resigned unless they wanted to […]
Flying High: Drones and Airplanes
The airways over the Permian Basin have long been highways to elsewhere for people traveling for business or pleasure. In recent years the advent of drones hauling cameras and other monitoring equipment has added another dimension to the skies. Oxford, Mississippi-based Nicholas Air’s connection with the Permian Basin began quietly, with just one family, a […]
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