As summer comes on, activity centers on some lingering issues. The Texas Legislature continues to meet in the second Special Session after the first one ended with a crash. In the first Special, they did pass the redistricting bill but funding for transportation died when the session was consumed over the abortion debate. Hopefully, this […]
In Memoriam: Mark Merritt
Mark Merritt will be fondly and respectfully remembered by the Permian Basin Petroleum Association. It is with a very heavy heart that I write this month’s report. My friend and PBPA chairman Mark Merritt lost his courageous battle with cancer on June 1. He leaves behind his wife of 34 years, Kay, and their children […]
From the President: Getting There
Legislative sessions have their way of creating their own realities. “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.” —Yogi Berra When we began the Legislative session, re-authorizing the Railroad Commission, funding our water and transportation infrastructure needs and improving the state’s response to […]
From the President: Cooperation is the Key
As I write this, the Texas legislature is at its peak of activity and PBPA is right in the middle of it. Before I discuss the latest legislative activities, I want to give credit to a Texas state agency. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), an agency who has had its fair share of […]
Sessions Nearing Their End
In New Mexico and Texas, the stakes have been high, the bills have held surprises, and the full results are near but still unknown. By now, the New Mexico session is all over but the shoutin’. There was quite a bit of oil and gas activity there and I would like to give you a […]
From the President: The Busy Season
The New Mexico legislative session has been a strange one, so far. It may be a result of 35 new members and new leadership in both Houses. House Energy Chairman Brian Egolf (D-Santa Fe) has several bills not friendly to oil and gas. HB 136 is a hydraulic fracturing, chemical disclosure bill. Disclosure is fine […]
From the President: Seeking Consensus
Legislative matters, regulatory issues, and the science question, revisited. Both the Texas and New Mexico legislative sessions are in full swing. Both legislatures are full of new faces. In Texas, there are over 40 freshmen House members. PBPA hosted a luncheon for these new Texas house members last month the day before the session began. […]
From the President
November marks the emergence of two issues requiring close scrutiny: Rule 13 and the Lesser Prairie Chicken Late last month, several PBPA board members and I traveled to Austin to testify on the Railroad Commission’s proposed changes to Rule 13, which addresses new casing, cementing and completion requirements. The Rule has not been updated […]
From the President
Here we go again. By now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will have proposed listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken as either Threatened or Endangered. This is another result of the legal settlement between the USFW and the Centers for Biological Diversity and the WildEarth Guardians, which brought us the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard listing proposal. […]
From the Chairman of the Board
The Permian Basin Petroleum Association was honored this week to host Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus as our featured monthly luncheon guest. The PBPA luncheon was preceded by a reception for Speaker Straus in the new offices of Concho Resources. In both events Speaker Straus emphasized the tremendous impact the Permian Basin is […]
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