All across the United States, Americans are suffering from a missing energy and economic policy—a hindrance that has wrought havoc for families and their budgets over the last six months—and the only thing the Biden Administration is providing are mixed messages. This is most effectively illustrated by the Administration saying they are green lighting oil […]
Good Problems to Have
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—Someone needs to take those video productions that Hart Energy creates to kick off its Permian Basin conferences—those narrated tributes replete with dynamic drone footage, stirring commentary, and soaring musical scores—and put them on VR headsets and circulate them to every worker in the Basin, because if they did, this region’s already record-setting […]
Getting Down the Road
Two years ago the story on trucking revolved around little work, low diesel prices, and layoffs or reductions in hours/trips. This year the situation has flipped 180 degrees. There’s almost too much work, diesel prices are sky high, and it’s hard to hire enough workers. Plus, trucks, trailers, and repair parts are in short supply. […]
Safety is a Dynamic, Not a Static, System
Over the last two or three years of writing for PB Oil and Gas Magazine, I’ve covered strategies, philosophies, and techniques. I think I have covered, at least once, all of the main topics and some of the subtle ones as well. In my endeavors to reach the ultimate or penultimate strategy for safety, the […]
A Sense of (Cyber) Security
When Nozomi Networks’ Chris Grove first arrived in the operational technologies sector six years ago—after more than two decades in cybersecurity overall—and he found a lack of knowledge/interest from companies about the security risks involved in connecting their OT (operational technology) devices to networks. “When we would go to customers [on sales calls] it was […]
Create a Climate of Truth
As promised, I want to talk about the Brutal Facts of Leadership. Often, your HR lady is the one that brings you those brutal facts regarding employees’ desires, and more often, than your managers bring you hard-to-hear information. In Chapter 5 of Good to Great, author Jim Collins addresses the need for leaders to be […]
For the Common Defense
Any month is a good month for celebrating our men and women in uniform, but the month of July, with its prevailing mood of patriotism, makes this an especially fitting month. On past occasions, PB Oil and Gas Magazine has celebrated the lives of military veterans working in oil and gas jobs in our region. […]
Pinpoint the cause of operational issues and remedy them before they occur
Avoid unplanned downtime that compromises system performance and productivity Unexpected downtime cuts into production and profits, and it remains a perennial challenge for operators. As gathering systems, production equipment, and facilities handle ever-increasing throughput, operational issues can crop up more frequently—and also leave greater production volumes at stake. To minimize the effects of lost production, […]
Energized: Women Find a Place in Energy
Women have found work in oil and gas from that industry’s beginnings, but through that long history, and even to this day, the oil and gas industry has been a predominantly male-occupied, male-driven industry. The Permian Basin is no exception. But things are slowly changing, and recent trends have something to do with that. Meanwhile, […]
Speaking of Safety
Greetings! Welcome to another installment of this month’s safety column! One extremely important facet of safety is effective communication. This topic is one of the most important areas of concentration for someone in a safety position, and yet it is often overlooked. When I was in junior high, high school, and college, for some reason […]
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