FORT WORTH, TEXAS—The SuperDUG 2023 oil and gas conference gathered the faithful to this city and its Convention Center for three information-packed days of speakers, sessions, panels, and pronouncements, as well as a trade show and a full slate of off-premises receptions, parties, performances (including Reckless Kelly), and the like. The May 22-24 event produced […]
Good Problems to Have
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—Someone needs to take those video productions that Hart Energy creates to kick off its Permian Basin conferences—those narrated tributes replete with dynamic drone footage, stirring commentary, and soaring musical scores—and put them on VR headsets and circulate them to every worker in the Basin, because if they did, this region’s already record-setting […]
The Show Goes On
ODESSA, TEXAS—The Oct. 19-21 run of the Permian Basin International Oil Show came off nicely for a show that had to bounce back from disappointment. There was the disappointment that came from having to call off the scheduled 2020 run of the event, due to Covid. And there has been the disappointment, felt across the […]
To Celebrate an Incredible Achievement
Stepping to the podium at a wellsite just outside Midland operated by Double Eagle Energy, President Donald Trump on July 29 opened his address with these words: “I really am thrilled to be here in Midland, Texas, with the extraordinary men and women of Double Eagle Energy… [applause] and what a nice welcome. Thank you […]
Gray Skies, Sunny Mood
Those words were the theme of the 2018 Permian Basin International Oil Show, and they summed up the mood nicely. By Jesse Mullins ODESSA, TEXAS—For three full days—the entire run of the 2018 Permian Basin International Oil Show—the rains fell and the drizzle drizzled and the mists mystified. Such was the weather that huge crowds […]
PBPA Annual Meeting
Rallying for the Cause When the 56th Annual Meeting of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association convened Oct. 24-25 in Midland, the stakes were set, the objectives were identified, and the challenge was laid down. Photography by Ali Slaughter MIDLAND, TEXAS—A packed house greeted the speakers and panelists at the 56th annual meeting of the Permian […]
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Digging Into The Dug, Part 2
It was sand, water, logistics, services, and completion technology as the second full day of the DUG Permian Basin Conference brought the event to a conclusion. The two days in Fort Worth were an immersion course in Basin basics. By Jesse Mullins | Photography by Tom Fox Last month we shared the messages of Day […]
Standing Tall: PBIOS 2016 in Pictures
Those words were the theme of the 2016 Permian Basin International Oil Show, and they summed up the mood nicely. by Jesse Mullins ODESSA, TEXAS—For two solid days we cooked here under record high temps, frying under an impossibly malevolent October sun, and for the third day we came nigh to blowing away from […]
Quantitative Easing and the Texas Oil Boom
How monetary policy pushed the industry over the edge. by Chase Beakley The Permian Basin has been inextricably tied to the global oil market since its inception, and although every warm body in the Basin knows this, there remains a feeling that the forces controlling their lives remain just beyond their understanding. And in […]