Oh, what a tangled web we weave / When first we practice to deceive. Thanks, Shakespeare, for making Sir Walter Scott’s idiom so famous. When an applicant lies or acts dishonestly, they initiate problems and a domino structure of complications that run out of control, and they get caught. Karma. Here are tips for looking […]
The PBPA Annual Meeting is Sept. 29-30
While this space is generally reserved for a monthly President’s Message from Ben Shepperd, President of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, we are devoting this month’s installment to a Q&A with Ben (below) on PBPA’s Annual Meeting, which this year lands on Sept. 29 and 30. On the 29th, which is a Wednesday, the membership […]
Facing the Challenges
The interim for the Texas Legislature lasted a brief 38 days as Texas Governor Greg Abbott called on the legislature to return to the Texas Capitol and continue working on at least 11 items of importance. The 87th Regular Legislative Session did prove beneficial to so many Texas energy communities and the state adopted a […]
Something So Simple!
Here lately, I have been reminiscing about my own trials and tribulations throughout my career regarding safety and the oil and gas industry. One of the key reasons I went into safety was the constant loss of life and limb. To this day, the highways are still the most dangerous thing we do as an […]
Who Has the Paddles?
In his book, Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World, retired four-star U.S. Navy Admiral William H. McRaven offers this recommendation: if you want to change the world, find someone to help you paddle. Three folks that many of you may not know but who have had oars in […]
Managing Manager Behavior
DEAR HR LADY: We are back in our office, and I have an exempt/salaried manager I hired during Covid who is chronically late, takes way too long on personal appointments, talks—not texts—on their cell phone in meetings, does not use spellcheck, and is just plain oblivious to appropriate office behavior. What can I do? Did […]
Fracs in Focus
While not yet out of the woods, the oil and gas patient is doing better as 2020 gets further in the rear view mirror. Recovery signs are pointing upward—and none more so than those surrounding most types of energy demand and, therefore, energy production—and frac’ing is vital to that. The Institute for Energy Research reported […]
The A.I. Factor
Science fiction abounds with stories of robot or computer takeovers, from 2001 A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000 to Dr. Who’s Cyber Men—along with the flip side, the original Star Trek’s “Spock’s Brain” episode where the bad guys hooked Spock’s brain up to the system that controlled their civilization’s air conditioning and other processes. Whether any […]
Finding a Balance
Beginning this January, the 87th Texas Legislature began with tremendous uncertainty for those who were sent to serve and those whom they serve. The ongoing effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic, and the vast impact on all economic sectors, including the Permian Basin oil and gas industry, loomed large as the session began. One thing […]
Championing Your Interests
On May 31, 2021, the Texas Legislature adjourned sine die. This was the end of a rather unique 140-day “regular” legislative session, which began with discussions on how to conduct a truly open meeting of the Legislature that would allow the public to attend and participate in the era of a pandemic. Yet that wasn’t […]
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