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PBOG is the Official Publication of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and is published monthly by Zachry Publications, LP.

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Natural Gas: What’s Next?

July 6, 2020 by PBOG

Can natural gas prices rise even in a generational downturn like the COVID-19 situation? Analysts including the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) feel that prices were already so low that they had nowhere to go but up anyway. In the Permian Basin in particular, gas prices were artificially low due to takeaway constraints. Such constraints […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Industry Analysis Tagged With: Natural Gas, permian basin, production

This is NOT the 1980s

June 29, 2020 by PBOG

Oil production costs are down sharply in Texas in recent years, but they are not yet at a level to maintain viability given current prices and uncertainty. As a result, significant disruptions in oil production areas are occurring. The industry initiated a rapid shutdown of drilling activity, which rippled through an enormous supply chain and […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Online Exclusive Tagged With: Oil and Gas, oil production, permian basin

Rollin’

June 15, 2020 by PBOG

Bumper stickers touting “If you have it, a truck brought it” have never been more on point than during a worldwide lockdown. This is always true in the oilfield, where tons of pipe and machinery share lanes with millions of barrels of water, drilling mud, and other supplies every hour of every day. As drilling […]

Filed Under: Featured Article Tagged With: Oil and Gas, permian basin, trucking, Water Hauling

Challenging Times

June 11, 2020 by PBOG

Greetings to all! In light of recent events—the Coronavirus, oil prices tanking, etc.—this month’s installment may not delve into the intricacies of typical safety topics. Since most of the workforce has been laid off in the last month or two, there is probably not a huge interest in hearing a discussion of the theories of […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, People Tagged With: Dusty Roach

Making the Case for O&G

June 8, 2020 by PBOG

During the debates, it seems Democratic candidates had a field day using oil and gas as a punching bag. Presumable nominee Joe Biden promised to end drilling and hydraulic fracturing at least on federal lands. Former candidate Bernie Sanders threatened to prosecute oil and gas executives for crimes against humanity due to their presumed role […]

Filed Under: Featured Article Tagged With: Green New Deal, Oil and Gas

Know Thyself

June 4, 2020 by PBOG

What will history say about you? I pose the question because we may be living through the worst times in our history. We are thrown into the mayhem of 2008, 911, the 1980s, Pearl Harbor, and the Spanish Flu all at once. What has been your reaction to the crisis of 2020? How have you […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources Tagged With: Human Resources, permian basin, Texas Workforce Commission

Permian Perseverance

June 1, 2020 by PBOG

In 2006, when I first began serving as the president of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, many people around the state and nation talked about the Permian Basin like its best days were behind it. Some took joy in writing these obituaries, and some have begun to do so once again. Then, just like now, […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, From the President, PBPA Tagged With: PBPA

H2S: Subtle But Deadly

May 21, 2020 by PBOG

Greetings and salutations my fellow safety enthusiasts. Another day and another dollar, if the oil price goes back up, lol. We’ve been through downturns before, and in all likelihood we will go through it again. I think this is the 7th downturn that I’ve experienced in my short 49 years in the Patch—give or take […]

Filed Under: Environmental, Safety and Training, Featured Article, People Tagged With: Dusty Roach, H2S, Oil and Gas, Safety

Belting It Out

May 18, 2020 by PBOG

A 16.6-mile-long covered conveyor belt system would bring sand for hydraulic fracturing from West Texas into Southeast New Mexico, according to a development plan written by OLC Kermit, LLC, a subsidiary of Atlas Sand Company, LLC. The plan was submitted in January to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Carlsbad Field Office as part of […]

Filed Under: Business & Analysis, Featured Article, Fracking, Frac Sand and Water, Infrastructure Tagged With: Atlas Sand, Hydraulic Facturing, Oil and Gas, permian basin, Sand, Transportation

What a Difference a Month Makes

May 14, 2020 by PBOG

Be proactive, or better still, don’t repeat the mistakes of the past. In April, I wrote about finding a new job. Now I find that my advice may be ridiculous because with the possibility of so many being unemployed, any new job may do. I write these articles two months in advance and, consequently, I […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources, Infrastructure, People Tagged With: FMLA, Hire to Retire; HR; Oil and Gas; Permian Basin, pandemic, PTO

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