Greetings and Salutations! In one of my earliest articles, I referred to a presentation that I did that, in my humble opinion, established the top ten stark realities of oilfield safety. Even among my constituents in the safety field I knew some who took umbrage to my observations and viewpoint. Nonetheless, over the past four […]
Left to Their Own Devices
By Paul Wiseman Overwatch Solutions owner Brandon Crate likes catching perpetrators on camera. Cognite’s Global VP of Partner Success, Prabu Parthasarathy, loves consolidating and freeing corporate data from siloes. ATI’s (Automation Technology Inc.) CEO, Cooper Etheridge, is dedicated to being able to relieve pipeline pressure to avoid problems. All three employ technology to automate […]
PBPA’s Effect on Congress
“PBPA is having a national impact.” Such was the message from Congressman August Pfluger to members of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association on June 27. The event fetched good attendance for a rare mid-summer luncheon. Congressman Pfluger, who represents U.S. Congressional District 11, the 20-county district that includes the Midland/Odessa area, delivered the luncheon keynote […]
The Permian Basin and National Security
Congressman August Pfluger addressed members of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association on June 27 in Midland, Texas, updating them on events in Washington, D.C., and emphasizing the strategic and economic importance of the Permian Basin to not just the nation but to world security and stability. These are his remarks, in full. To Ben, Steven […]
Putting the Legislature in Perspective
The Texas Legislature adjourned the 88th Regular Session sine die on the afternoon of May 29, 2023. It only took a meager few hours before Governor Abbott called the first special session with the very specific directives to pass legislation (1) cutting the property tax rate solely by reducing the school district maximum compressed tax […]
A Three Day O&G Immersion
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—The SuperDUG 2023 oil and gas conference gathered the faithful to this city and its Convention Center for three information-packed days of speakers, sessions, panels, and pronouncements, as well as a trade show and a full slate of off-premises receptions, parties, performances (including Reckless Kelly), and the like. The May 22-24 event produced […]
Hiring an Ethical Workforce
“Hire right because the penalties of hiring wrong are huge.” —Ray Dalio This is my third summer writing about hiring the right employees. I continue to follow an executive, and in the past year, the guy has changed jobs twice. You want to ask, are companies that desperate, or is there something else going on? […]
Roll On
by Paul Wiseman From the last mile, in almost every case, to every mile in many cases, trucks are indispensable in today’s delivery-based economy. Nowhere is that more true than in the oil patch, where trucks haul everything from drill pipe to drilling rigs to the oil itself, over tens of thousands of road-miles every […]
Sleep, Blessed Sleep
So you want to be in the oil and gas business. Good for you. Be prepared for sleepless days and nights. Regardless if you are an executive, contractor, company man, roughneck, pumper or even a safety professional, sleep or quality rest is often a commodity that is not in abundance in our industry. How is […]
Cyber Security: “A Marathon, Not a Sprint”
By Paul Wiseman The great majority of successful hacks—for ransomware, spyware, information theft, or just plain chaos—come through human error. That is, someone opened a phishing email and entered a password or account number. But three oil and gas industry security experts said that, while education on that front is vital and ongoing, hackers are […]
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