Welcome again to the wonderful world of safety. I noticed everyone immediately went first of all to the table of contents to look up this month’s page number for “Safety”—said no one ever, except another safety person. That’s okay. We are used to it, no umbrage taken. If you ask the general public, “Why do […]
“Just Long Enough to Reach the Oil”
“How long should a man’s legs be?” someone supposedly asked the lanky Abraham Lincoln. “Just long enough to reach the ground,” he wisely replied. In light of that, the oil patch question of, “How long should a lateral be?” could be answered similarly: “Just long enough to reach the oil.” Specifically, long enough to reach […]
Title VII and the Supreme Court
This article is the hot topic for July. When the Supreme Court issues an opinion, we must pay attention to it—especially when it deals with our employees’ rights. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The law has added more protections […]
The Ever-Evolving Frac
The oil and gas industry has long reigned as an industry that finds success in innovation. Technological advancement and a pioneering spirit have catapulted the industry forward. Decade by decade, the industry refines itself by seeking new solutions, putting tools and processes to the test in the field, and embracing each fresh advance as the […]
Taking Our Story to the Capitol
Another trip to Washington D.C. is in the books. Several Permian Basin Petroleum Association members, along with Ben Sheppard and Stephen Robertson, made the trek to D.C. back in early April. PBPA staff and our new federal consultant, Mr. Glenn LeMunyon, arranged for the group to meet with several members of Congress on Capitol Hill. […]
Bucking the 80-20
Some business coaches cite the 80-20 rule—which says 80 percent of a company’s productivity comes from 20 percent of its product lines—to recommend identifying and eliminating the less productive offerings in order to increase profits. That works great in a static business sector, where your main product or service line can be predicted. But in […]
Lifting Well
The concept of the rod pump can be traced back to the Roman Empire. Roman engineers used something that looks amazingly like today’s version to pump water. But other common oilfield lift strategies would not look familiar to Pliny the Elder, who recorded those Roman ideas for posterity. Electric submersible pumps and various gas lift […]
Props to our Industry!
The idea of “props,” as expressed in the headline, is not a reference to proppant—something much utilized in our industry—though proppant is indeed necessary and could even qualify as something “current,” No, the reference here is to the indomitable spirit of our industry—a spirit that deserve props, or accolades. For a wide span of years […]
Going Dutch
Standard Energy Services Founder and President Pieter Bergstein started his company with no down payment on one hot oil truck. Today Standard has 350 employees and additional services—including vacuum trucks, pump trucks, well service, saltwater disposal, and others, along with hot oiling. This company that, over the years, has been asked to help clean up […]
Ever Adapting Service
To adapt an old saying for today’s oilfield service sector, “The more things change—the more things keep changing.” From recognizing a customer need as the gateway to a new service—as one company did—to creating an in-house welding school to train their own workforce—as another did—these are the creative ideas Permian Basin oilfield services companies are […]
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