Competition does, too. Performance Chemical, known for its unorthodox hiring philosophy, lured a gridiron star from his chosen sport and added him to a new sort of team. by Paul Wiseman The University of Lousiana-Lafayette (formerly Southwest Louisiana) has seen several alumni find success in the NFL over the years—notably Jake Delhomme, who […]
About The Little Things
by Lana Cunningham “Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.”—Ansel Adams, prominent photographer of the American West Thousands of people have landed in the […]
Decision 2016: How Fares O&G?
The stakes are set and they are indeed high, where the hydrocarbons crowd is concerned. Which candidate bodes best for energy? And do other considerations trump our key concern, given the mixed bag that each prospect represents? by J. Chase Beakley It has been an unlikely election season to say the very least. After […]
Trading on One’s Talents
Industry consultants have been navigating a dry spell. How three Permian Basin companies are toughing it out. by Julie Anderson Having worked for 10 years as a field mechanic for drilling rigs and pulling units, Joel Madrid knows the value of customer service. A particular trust develops when you know a company will answer […]
Call Kinley
When all other hope was gone, “Call Kinley” was the call that went out. Myron Kinley, the man who taught Red Adair how to fight fires, was an oil well firefighter of considerable repute himself. by Bobby Weaver On May 12, 1978, at Chickasha, Okla., a soft-spoken huskily built man of medium […]
Coping with Crisis
By Paul Wiseman There are many degrees of outsourcing, from using a service to vet and hire employees for the end user, to sending all work for a department such as Human Resources to another company. Some of those are doing better than others in this economy. Companies who handle the outsourcing of HR […]
Year-Round Respect
by Julie Anderson Twice each year, our country makes a special point to pause, remember, and thank our soldiers, those who died in service to their country on Memorial Day, and those still among us, on Veterans Day. In recent decades, in the midst of profoundly unsettling events, the honor and respect for veterans and […]
A Tale of Two Cities
Odessa and Midland deal with volatility together and apart. Chase Beakley It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. You knew that was coming. After rattling off a list of poetic polarities, Dickens concluded that famous opening by saying, “In short, the period was so far like the present period, […]
A Permian Man Through and Through
PBOG remembers Audie Conder, a long-time well servicer, Railroad Commission employee, and loving family man. Al Pickett, special contributor He has been described as a go-to guy and a problem solver. That is how a generation of operators and contractors who dealt with the Texas Railroad Commission’s District 7B office in Abilene felt as […]
Help Along the Way
Julie Anderson During this seemingly long season of uncertainty, those in most every facet of the oil industry have been forced to analyze practices to determine whether or not what worked during prosperity will still work during scarcity. Changes have been made on all levels, from scaled-down activity to shrinking inventory to reduction of […]
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