Fresh offerings of products and services for the oil and gas set. Ultra‐Low Headroom Wire Rope Hoist Expanding its comprehensive line of high‐quality wire rope hoists, Columbus McKinnon Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCO), a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of material handling products, systems and services, introduces the Yale LodeKing LT ultra‐low headroom top‐running wire rope […]
The Energy Chain
Generating income, compressing challenges, and pumping profits in a downturn: reflections on the engines of the oil patch and how they’ve moved rivers of product. By Paul Wiseman The old business adage, “It takes money to make money” could be adapted for the oil patch as, “It takes energy to produce energy.” And […]
Back to the Basics
The Fundamentals (and then some) of Formation Testing By Julie Anderson In times of frustration, coaches are famous for quoting the fundamentals: play your position, pace yourself, wait for your pitch, keep your eye on the ball, watch your form, save your energy. Play, form, energy—when it comes to the oil and gas […]
Muddying the Waters
Our intrepid reporter takes a deep dive into the invention of drilling mud, a staple that would forever change the fortunes of the oil and gas industry. by Bobby Weaver In today’s oil patch, the use of the drilling fluid called “mud” as an integral part of the drilling process is a foregone […]
Space Recon
Emiliano Kargieman has big plans for Satellogic that involve launching a constellation of 300 satellites, and the Permian Basin could be a primary benefactor. Al Pickett, special contributor When I was a youngster, I remember visiting my grandfather on his farm and seeing a plane flying low over a pasture near his house. He […]
The Hands-Off Approach
by Paul Wiseman The integration of man and machine has fired the imaginations of science fiction writers for over a century, promoting both wonder and fear. Now, automation is changing the landscape of the oilfield, allowing the click of a mouse or a thumb on a touchscreen to start or stop pumps, sort data, […]
New And Noteworthy
Fresh offerings of products and services for the oil and gas set. Push-In Foam Earplug Honeywell (NYSE:HON), on Apr. 6, announced the Howard Leight TrustFit Pod push-in foam earplug that provides workers with properly fitting ear plugs to protect against noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Research shows that half of all industrial workers experience […]
New And Noteworthy
RISING ABOVE THE DOWNFALL OF OIL Karmic Energy, innovators of the digital oilfield and environmentally friendly products, have worked busily over the past several months to position the company for future growth. Taking steps to ensure a strong corporate base, the company first began making internal changes. As a team—all the way from the top […]
Talkers and Doers
In his new film, Fractured, filmmaker Mark Mathis compels us to watch our mouths when we talk about the energy industry. by Tony Burke “Something we shot [for Fractured] but didn’t use because we didn’t have time for it is: you could take every guy like me, I’m a professional talker, I’m a doer […]
New And Noteworthy
Fresh offerings of products and services for the oil and gas set. Keytroller unveils state-of-the-art affordable remote equipment monitoring Countless companies are faced with the real and often costly predicament of how to monitor and track the location of their equipment in remote jobsites. Solving this issue, Keytroller, a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of […]
