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News Reviews: Infrastructure Keeps Catching Up
Ripples from the drilling boom keep extending outward. The second phase of construction on a crude oil rail loading facility in Wink, Texas, by Houston-based Genesis Energy is nearing completion on the Texas-New Mexico Railway, which connects to Union Pacific in Monahans. The facility, an origin terminal, will give the company the ability to load […]
Out and About: Tops in the Industry
The debut celebration of the Southwest Oil and Gas Awards recognized the best in the region. Carried along on a mood of festivity and well wishing, the 2013 Southwest Oil and Gas Awards recognized the top performers in this region’s oil and gas industry as a glamorous gala dinner and awards ceremony unfolded Oct. 22 […]
News Reviews: November 2013
The Permian Basin has been producing for decades, Matthew DiLallo reported in The Motley Fool, but “it is really just getting started on the next phase of its booming growth.” He added, “While it [Permian Basin] has already produced more than 30 billion barrels of oil in its history, there is still a lot of […]
2013 Southwest Oil & Gas Awards Finalists Announced
2013 Southwest Oil & Gas Awards Finalists Announced The votes have been collected and counted for the 2013 Southwest Oil & Gas Awards. The judges of the awards, made up of 52 leading industry executives, have reviewed more than 400 entries from about 250 companies and their votes have now been […]
News Reviews: Gainers and Groundbreakers
Fall 2013 finds the Permian Basin acknowledging yet more peaks and possibilities. Two locations in New Mexico, including Otero Mesa, 12 million acres of wild grasslands in southern New Mexico primarily controlled by the Bureau of Land Management, are included on a list of 12 places in the U.S. deemed “too wild to drill” by […]
Annual Meeting Preview: Mark It Down
The 51st Annual Meeting of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association is slated for Oct. 23-24, with the traditional Icebreaker Reception to be held on the evening of the 23rd at the Petroleum Museum and the full session of Kickoff Breakfast, Technical Sessions and Luncheon—including speakers—to be held on the 24th at the Petroleum Club in […]
No Shortage of Activity
Mitchell gets tribute, coal gets crushed, Edward grows apace, Parsley breaks ground, and Range pays attention. George P. Mitchell, 94, the son of a Greek goatherd who was one of the most prominent independent oilmen in U.S. history, died July 26 in Galveston. He was instrumental in unlocking immense natural gas and petroleum resources with […]
Businesses Push to Keep Pace With the Still-Surging Boom Across the Region
Chevron Comes Closer Austin-based Swinerton Builders Texas has been named as the builder of the state-of-the-art office complex and campus that Chevron is to develop in Midland. The campus will support Chevron’s goal of providing a world-class facility for its West Texas Permian Basin operations, allowing them to attract talented new employees and support future […]
Opportunistic Times
One proposed pipeline looks “in,” another looks “out,” and Pioneer hits big with a Martin County well. Centurion Pipeline, subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Co., announced an open season to solicit shipper commitments to a proposed Cline Shale pipeline system. Customers interested in transporting crude oil from Irion, Sterling, Coke, Tom Green, and Mitchell counties to […]