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 […]
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 […]
Toward Allowing Exports
Octane Energy CEO Jared Blong, serving on behalf of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, testified June 26 before Congress on the issue of lifting the U.S. ban on exporting oil. Editor’s Note: The following is the statement given on June 26 by Jared Blong, CEO and President of Octane Energy LLC, before the […]
The Rise of the Drilling Contractor
Independent drilling contractors fuel a significant part of the Permian Basin’s production renaissance. By Paul Wiseman, special contributor That the Permian Basin is the epicenter of the planet regarding increases in oil production is not news—figures show 28 percent of North America’s onshore drilling rigs operate here. Half of the rigs in the nation […]
Crossroads
Energy policy for the 21st century is no easy matter, as a conversation with Christopher Guith proves, and the biggest challenge lies in reaching the public with the facts. “The energy industry is led by engineers. American engineers have built the world, but they are the worst communicators in the world.” – Christopher […]
Big and Getting Bigger
Texas’ second-biggest play, the Eagle Ford Shale, boasts five of the top 10 producing counties in the state, including numbers one through four. While it’s not expected to eclipse the Permian Basin, the Eagle Ford will approach the Permian’s numbers in coming years. In less than six years, the Eagle Ford Shale in South […]
Sing Me an Oil Song
By Joe W. Specht Don’t forget to click on the songs to hear the music on YoutTube. Freddie Frank, Slim Willet, and Wayland Seals penned and performed some petroleum-revering refrains. Editor’s Note: It might come as a surprise, this revelation that the oil business has had a musical genre all to itself. Surprising or […]
The Case for Workforce Housing
Questioned by some who challenge the wisdom of erecting large temporary “camps” for housing oilfield workers, the builders and operators of these projects have good answers for skeptics, citing especially the fact that, if the boom should end, it can all go away and not leave a trace. Meanwhile, though, there’s luxury in those accommodations. […]
They Call Them “Hot Shots”
Bobby Loar and Dave Mathes are good to go. By Hanaba Munn Welch Not every oilfield glossary acknowledges slang. Check with Schlumberger. There’s no such thing as a swamper. Or a hotshot truck. Not as one word or two. Hotshot drivers Bobby Loar and Dave Mathes, former swamper, don’t find themselves diminished by being left […]
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