Throughout the years, numerous policies and procedures have been developed to increase safety awareness and improve workplace safety. Ideas come and go based on needs, studies, and action plans. The action plans seem more reactive as opposed to proactive. The key word, though, is active. Reactive, as the word itself suggests, usually follows an accident, […]
A Believer in This Business
“I’m sort of a watch maker more than I am a deal maker.” That’s one way Halliburton President and CEO Jeff Miller describes himself. “I’ve always been fascinated by how we do work and how we control work.” His goal is to create “the least amount of friction” with the most efficiency and safety. Boiling […]
Legislative Update: New Mexico Legislature Adjourns; Texas Set to Pick Up the Pace
by Julie Anderson The closing hours of the 57th Session of the New Mexico Legislature found oil and gas advocates engaging in an intense effort to protect the industry from proposals that would have increased regulations and costs for operators, many with little to no benefit to the people or environment of New Mexico, let […]
Engagement and Advocacy—Necessary in Good Times and Bad
Isn’t it great to have a President who understands the importance of abundant, reliable, and affordable energy!!! And it’s great to have a federal administration that finally recognizes that energy dominance is United States security! Yes, many of President Trump’s executive actions have helped and will help boost energy production. Not just any energy, but […]
Improving Plugging and Abandonment Procedures
Daily news feeds and internet searches abound with abundant negative images about the oil and gas industry. These images feed the negative messaging that anti-fossil fuel groups are eager to magnify. In response, regulators add regulations—often without industry input. If the industry is going to rehabilitate its image, it must demonstrate its desire to be […]
Top Hand 2024: Honoring Our Own
The PBPA’s Top Hand Award for 2024 went to a much deserving recipient, Dennis Johnson MIDLAND, TEXAS—Highlighting an evening full of fond wishes, memories, stories, recognition, celebration, and an outpouring of good will, Midland’s own Dennis Johnson accepted the Permian Basin Petroleum Association’s Top Hand Award for 2024 here at a gala ceremony at the […]
Texas Tech, Natura Partner over Reactor Technology
Texas Tech University has announced it is partnering with Natura Resources and Abilene Christian University (ACU) to deploy Natura’s molten salt reactor (MSR) currently under construction at ACU. The collaboration aims to integrate MSR technology with water desalination and energy production systems, addressing Texas’ critical energy and water needs. Those close to the project say […]
Made In The Permian Basin
When you’re at the duty-free shop at Tokyo International Airport and you see a bottle of Jack Daniels you know one thing: the only place in the whole world it comes from is Lynchburg, Tennessee. This is the kind of pride one can take when surveying the fact that more of the Permian’s needed infrastructure […]
Change Happens: DEI and More
Will changing regulations reduce inflation and costs overall? Will it end some of the current entitlement of our workforce after COVID? I only minored in Economics, but it just makes sense that decreasing regulations will decrease costs and thus reduce the rate of inflation. Only time will tell but let’s review some current and upcoming […]
Office Functions: There is a Better Way
The back office is usually just that in the oil industry—back behind the scenes. It rarely makes headlines for great technological leaps. Nonetheless, it looks radically different than it did 10, even five years ago. Quietly, smartphone apps and the ability of accounting software to mine and analyze data from field monitoring systems have replaced […]
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