by Paul Wiseman At the dawn of the digital oilfield age, many staffers worried about being rendered obsolete by the efficiencies inherent in automation. Since the upheaval of COVID-related workplace changes, employees have left the oil patch in droves. For many oil and gas operators, making the remaining workers more efficient by employing automation and […]
Reading Between the Lines
The graphic at right is from the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ online magazine, JPT (Journal of Petroleum Technology), where an article was recently published discussing how much frac sand (a whole lot, it turns out) is actually now being flowed back in the Delaware Basin. (Find the article here: https://tinyurl.com/bdpem99a). From an operational standpoint it is truly amazing they can stuff all that frac […]
The More Things Change…
by Paul Wiseman Like everyone in the industry, the oilfield services sector has ridden waves of change over the last three years. Some companies, like EV Oilfield Services, actually expanded during the Pandemic. Others, like Florida-based Lightning Master, weathered the storm and has grown significantly since then. Pandemic? What Pandemic? EV Oilfield Services, […]
Leadership: Listen and Learn
Listen and learn, or a meltdown may be just around the corner. I pulled out eight or ten books on leadership skills for this article, and I came up with the same conclusion—the best manager skills are to listen and learn. Listen to your employees because they are often not just thinking about themselves. Employees […]
Encouragement Matters
It is an unfortunate reality that the danger in our industry of oil and gas is not limited to our locations, jobs, or even our commutes. Aside from the workplace and the traffic, the tentacles of danger have crept into our industry in the form of mental unrest and stress by social, financial, and overall […]
Capitol Updates
by Julie Anderson Oil and gas issues continue to garner attention among Permian Basin lawmakers in both Texas and New Mexico, meaning industry advocates have been hard at work advising against problem legislation and lending support to bills with positive intent. New Mexico: 56th Legislature Enters Home Stretch With adjournment around the corner on March […]
The World’s Biggest Oilfield
Saint Rita of Cascia (Italy), later to be known as the Patron Saint of the Impossible, left this earth on May 27, 1357. Exactly 466 years and one day later (May 22, 1923), a well named after her, extending about 3,050 feet into the earth she’d left, began alternately flowing, and blowing out, for about […]
Life on the Wire
“It’s super competitive.” Those were the first words out of the mouth of Max Killingsworth, a wireline professional working in the Permian Basin, when asked what conditions are like for wireline companies trying to maintain market share in the ever-bustling Basin. Killingsworth is Operations Manager for Unconventional in the Odessa District for KLX Energy Services. […]
Deliver Excitement and Gain Results!
Greeting and salutations! Here’s hoping that this month brings milder weather, higher oil prices, and good fortune to all in the oil and gas industry. Have you ever seen the movie Ferris Bueller’ Day Off? It was a hit show in 1986 and it had numerous memorable cameos and fun scenes that make the film […]
Lending’s Changing Scene
As ESG (environmental, social and governance) and energy-transition-related concerns have caused most large and midsize banks to exit the oil and gas industry, local lenders like Midland’s Community National Bank and Odessa-based Southwest Bank have benefited by seeing some of those customers come their way. On the borrower side, Northern Oil and Gas has funded […]
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