[Editor’s Note: This piece appeared as a sidebar to a larger feature entitled “The Digital Oilfield Has Arrived,” appearing in the October 2014 issue of PBOG Magazine as Part 1 of a 2-Parter.] It takes buy-in to have information security. Buy-in from everyone in the company, from the top brass to the folks in the […]
The Industrial Control System
[Editor’s Note: This piece appeared as a sidebar to PBOG’s feature article entitled “The Digital Oilfield Has Arrived,” which appears in the October 2014 issue as Part 1 of a 2-Parter.] Asked if companies face a larger risk factor as they increasingly handle larger amounts of data, one source from a global, multi-national oil company […]
High Impact
“An industry once written off by some has roared back to life in recent years, contributing tremendous amounts to government coffers and creating some of the highest-paying jobs in Texas. Texas’ oil and gas businesses have brought together technology, manpower, and investment to keep the State number one in energy production despite turbulent times […]
The Digital Oilfield Has Arrived
Editor’s Note: In this, our first-ever look at Information Technology (I.T.) as it pertains to the oilfield, we spoke with two experts in the field, one who heads the cyber security functions at a global, multinational oil company and one whose company provides I.T. and data security services for a variety of clients in […]
To Maximize Every Molecule
Larry S. Richards is a man on a mission, and that mission is to capture vaporous hydrocarbons. By Al Pickett, special contributor Larry S. Richards said he believes the oil and gas industry, 20 years from now, will regret the amount of hydrocarbon molecules that it failed to capture. “It took millions of years […]
Drilling Deeper: Forward Thinking
“Improvements, innovations, and insights” are common ingredients in this month’s array of articles. These are the full versions of the “Drilling Deeper” news items that appeared as abbreviated versions in the print edition of the October 2014 PBOG. Texas Energy Boom Requires Improved Infrastructure Texas’ oil boom has brought jobs and increased tax […]
Oil Patch Songs from the Permian Basin Part 3
Like Desperados Waiting on a Train Part 3 of 6 by Joe W. Specht The evocative lyric from Guy Clark’s classic song turns out to be, on deeper inspection, a tribute to the oil patch and one of its veterans. Explore this and more gems from the mostly unmined body of work that some call […]
Early Adapter
A prime example of a new breed of leadership that’s arising in the Basin, Shawn Beard is a Gen X-er who is a mix of Old School and New, leading a limber, lean, responsive, energetic operation into bold new times. by Jesse Mullins Even in boom times, it takes something special to take a two-person […]
Credit to Her Gender
Rosalind Redfern Grover has a seat at the table. By Al Pickett, special contributor Rosalind Redfern Grover readily admits she never planned on going into the oil and gas business when she left Midland to go to college at the University of Arizona in Tucson. But life doesn’t always follow the path that […]
Oil Patch Songs from the Permian Basin Part 2
By Joe W. Specht Where the Cotton Grows and the Rich Oil Flows A musical tour through the Permian oil patch can be a tour through the energy industry’s colorful past as well. Hank Harral and Jimmy Simpson lived the life in fact and in song. In our first (August issue) installment of this […]
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