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Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

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

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Company Town

November 3, 2017 by PBOG

There are stories aplenty of “company towns” built by oil companies in oil’s early 20th century heyday, but no company town fit the mold better than a Basin town, Texon, that endured for generations. by Bobby Weaver Back in 1955 Tennessee Ernie Ford had a hit song entitled “Sixteen Tons” concerning the travails of a […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, History, Oil Patch Tales, Online Exclusive Tagged With: Feature, featured

HRIQ: Child Labor – Is It Okay?

November 2, 2017 by PBOG

by Bill Price   It might seem surprising to see a headline calling attention to a discussion of child labor, and child labor laws—that whole topic seeming like something right out of the 19th century. But child labor is still a topic of discussion, even today, and knowing about it, and about its governance, is […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Human Resources, Online Exclusive, People Tagged With: Feature, featured, hriq, Human Resources

The Well That Launched the Permian

October 12, 2017 by PBOG

Santa Rita #1 was the discovery well that opened what would prove to be the biggest oilfield in America, and what might someday become the biggest in the world. Its story is one that epitomizes what the oilfield is all about. by Bobby Weaver   It has been almost one hundred years since the Santa […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Online Exclusive

Q&A with Ben Shepperd

October 1, 2017 by PBOG

With the PBPA Annual Meeting looming near, we present a question-and-answer conversation with Ben on the meeting to come. Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine: It’s already coming back around again! What can we expect in the October Annual Meeting? Ben:  We have a full slate of sessions and we’re pleased to have some very […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, From the President, Online Exclusive, PBPA Tagged With: Ben Shepperd, Feature, featured, From the President, online exclusive, online only, PBPA

PBPA Matters: On Texas and the National Economy

September 1, 2017 by PBOG

The discussion that follows was the luncheon presentation at the Sept. 23 meeting of the membership of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association, held at the Midland Country Club, in Midland, Texas. The proceedings were taped and this is an edited transcript of that event.   PBPA President Ben Shepperd:  We’re going to hear a conversation […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Online Exclusive, PBPA Tagged With: Feature, featured, online exclusive, online only, PBPA

From Fresnos to Caterpillars

September 1, 2017 by PBOG

Dirt Work is the oilfield’s under-appreciated trade, and yet nothing gets done in the Patch until the dirt’s been worked. by Bobby Weaver I’ll never forget the first time I went out on a tanking job. It happened early in the summer of ’55, when we contracted to build a battery of two hi-fives in […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, History, Online Exclusive Tagged With: Feature, featured, historical, online exclusive

Outstanding in Their (Oil)Field

August 1, 2017 by PBOG

We share the following item that was originally published by the Petroleum Museum, the organization that maintains the Petroleum Hall of Fame. The Petroleum Hall of Fame is dedicated to those who cherished the freedom to dare and whose work and service helped build the Permian Basin. The Hall of Fame exists “to honor those […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Online Exclusive Tagged With: Feature, featured, Hall of Fame, online exclusive, only only

Oil Scouts and Landmen: Perceptive, Perspicacious, and Persuasive

August 1, 2017 by PBOG

Oil scouts and land men have a history that intertwines—and skills sets that have some things in common. by Bobby Weaver The oil and gas industry has always been an extremely competitive field. From its very beginning in Pennsylvania in the 1850s, it was an industry whose practitioners found it necessary to know what the […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, History, Online Exclusive Tagged With: Feature, featured, historical

Summaries of Key Oil and Gas Legislation

July 1, 2017 by PBOG

Prepared for Permian Basin Petroleum Association By Benjamin W. Sebree The Sebree Law Firm PLLC May 29, 2017 SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION OF THE SESSION I. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS HB 1818 House Author: Gonzales, Larry Senate Sponsor: Taylor, Van Relating to the continuation and functions of the Railroad Commission of Texas. Railroad Commission of Texas Sunset […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Legislative Matters, Online Exclusive, PBPA Tagged With: Feature, featured, Legislation, PBPA

Charting Upwards

June 1, 2017 by PBOG

Four months into the new Administration, oil and gas—especially Permian Basin oil and gas—are seeing a buildout of infrastructure and a buildup of production and capacity. Read on for coverage of this topic and others in this roundup of recent Basin activity.   Xcel Begins Transmission Line Construction crews have started work in southeast New […]

Filed Under: Drilling Deeper, Featured Article, Online Exclusive Tagged With: Feature, featured, online exclusive

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