Spring has sprung, everyone is praying for rain and it looks like another hot dry summer is on the way. That’s the bad news and now the good news. Jobs are so plentiful that someone would have to work at remaining unemployed. The Wolfberry resource play has leaped the Midland Shelf to the Wolfbone play […]
From the President: PBPA
March was a busy month for both state and federal issues. I spent the first part of the month in Washington, D.C., as part of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) call-up. The Permian Basin was very well represented this year with six PBPA representatives joining operators from around the country as we called […]
From the Chairman of the Board
Deserving of an Industry’s Gratitude One of the strengths of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association has been a long-established reputation as an association that is reasonable and well thought out in the positions that we present before the Texas legislature and other regulatory agencies. A big part of that reputation is PBPA’s ability to work […]
Toward an Unspoiled Future
I don’t often recommend movies, and certainly haven’t done so in this column. However, there are always exceptions. Mark Mathis, director of what will hopefully become a movie sensation, gave the folks in Midland and Odessa the opportunity to view his production of spOILed. I viewed spOILed on a Thursday afternoon at a 2:30 showing […]
From the Chairman of the Board
As the Permian Basin Petroleum Association moves into its 50th year we find our organization in many ways reflecting a rich history while at the same time meeting challenges and accomplishments that are in themselves historic in nature. Thanks to the efforts of Ben and his staff we have a PBPA membership that is highly […]
Needed Reforms
By Doug Robison, Chairman, PBPA. As the Permian fuels far more than its own ends, creating jobs and supplying national energy needs, its own need arises—for relief from federal regulatory overreaching. To make a poor application of Charles Dickens’ immortal line, “It is the best of times, it is the worst of times” in the […]
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