Any kid growing up in northern Louisiana around Shreveport is immersed in the oil and gas business like a fish in the water. Such was the upbringing of Gravity Oilfield Services President and CEO Rob Rice. “Up in those areas, that’s just kind of what everybody did,” Rice recalled, so it’s not surprising that he […]
What Have We Been Up To?
The Permian Basin Petroleum Association has represented the oil and natural gas industry of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico for 60 years. In that time, the leadership and staff of the PBPA has changed and evolved to represent the Association’s membership and needs. Today, PBPA is led by President Ben Shepperd, and a full-time […]
PBPA Stepped Up in the Face of February’s Winter Storm
Leaving nearly three million households without power, Winter Storm Uri swept across Texas in February, and was one of the most devastating winter events in decades. Almost immediately, experts began pointing fingers, looking for a culprit that let the state’s energy grid go dark. But as the events were unraveling in real-time, our Permian Basin […]
Mastering the Art of a Great Meeting
Mastering running an efficient meeting is a necessary skill for leaders. Most attendees do not like meetings because meetings take time away from doing their jobs, and the organization risks losing some of their bottom lines because of the time away from performing the essential functions of positions. Due to Covid and beyond, meetings have […]
Swinging into Spring
ODESSA, TEXAS—The Odessa Country Club was the site on April 12 for the day-long golf tournament that has come to be known as the Permian Basin Petroleum Association “Spring Swing.” Beautiful weather greeted the full slate of teams. The format was a four-man scramble. If enthusiastic participation in golf tournaments can be construed as a […]
Be Prepared
In view of recent events of snow-mageddon that we all recently experienced in Texas, there arises the issue of being continually prepared. Any safety person worth their weight should play the “what if” game continually, as should anyone in any other position in the petroleum gas industry. When it comes to operations, safety, accounting, investments, […]
A Woman’s Prerogative
Over many decades, the Permian Basin’s Good Old Boy network found a lot of oil, pioneered a lot of recovery techniques, and made the Scharbauer Hotel the stuff of legend. Today’s networks are more inclusive, with women increasingly taking roles in field work, in skilled positions, in management, in corporate leadership, and in jobs up […]
A Better Way
Politically, energy transition has been a topic of high importance for many around the country. This has been largely spurred by the idea that hydrocarbon-based energy is bad for the environment. Rarely is it discussed by those with complaints about-hydrocarbon based energy what the benefits are to society, some of which are often taken greatly […]
Meeting the Challenge
On Sunday, February 14, as families left church and began looking ahead to what the expected cold snap would bring them, arctic winds were barreling down from the north and bringing with them sustained cold, freezing rain, and concentrations of more than a half foot of snow in many places. In short, what this storm […]
Responding in a Time of Need
by PBPA Staff In early February, reports began to circulate that Texas was going to be hit by a severe winter weather event. Before the storm hit, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) declared on February 8th that the event would “bring Texas the coldest weather we’ve experienced in decades.” At the depths of […]
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