Amid the shifting landscape of the oil patch over the last two-plus years, completions have been among the sectors most buffeted by the changes. And frac sand is right in the middle of the storm. Frac sand suppliers have re-engineered, refocused, and reduced, only to quickly begin ramping back up as demand shot up in […]
Building Momentum
In 2020 and the first half of 2021, finding work was the biggest problem in the oil patch. Now, finding workers is a greater challenge, but longtime firms like Saulsbury Industries are holding their own as the construction field roars back to life. Jeremy Nelson, vice president of operations for Saulsbury Industries, said the company […]
Inspect What You Expect
Throughout the years I’ve run across numerous catchy little phrases in the safety world. Maybe you’ve heard some of them: Safety, You Can Live with It! Safety First! Or… Safety, First to Go! (LOL). Safety is No Accident. Think Safety, It Couldn’t Hurt. Seldom do they change any behaviors. Some companies run contests to generate […]
To Go with the Flow
As usual, the oil industry has seemed to turn on a dime. Two years ago producers were filling swimming pools with excess oil because it was a commodity nobody wanted during the Pandemic. In 2022, it’s still a commodity that certain groups don’t want, but they have to admit they need it. That’s due to […]
Under the Double Eagle
By Paul Wiseman “We always either had success or we learned, but the key was that we kept going after each success and we kept going after each failure,” said Cody C. Campbell, one of two cofounders of Double Eagle Energy Holdings. “We’ll continue to have successes and we’ll continue to have failures and we’ll […]
Water’s Place in the Big Scheme of Permian Things
by Jesse Mullins MIDLAND, TEXAS—After a two-year hiatus, due to Covid, the Permian Basin Water in Energy Conference, said by some to be the best conference of its kind anywhere, returned to the Horseshoe Arena in this oil town and picked up right where it left off. Or maybe it picked up just a notch […]
‘Rona: Risk vs. Reward
Greetings and salutations! This month’s installment we are going to attempt, rather I am going to attempt, clarification of the hottest topic for the last two years—Covid 19! The topic can only be categorized as a cluster monkey. My goal is to rationally attempt some kind of synthesis of the information out there. It is […]
The Right Stuff
Greetings and salutations—and welcome to this month’s installment of Safety. Hopefully everyone has survived the endless variations of the Covid. Another topic for another day! In any line of business, goals must be clear and precise. Safety is no different. When filling positions for safety or operations, a manager must apply sufficient time and detail […]
Going with the Flow
In a 2019 website post, the Produced Water Society estimated that the Permian Basin produces between 9 million and 15 million barrels of water per day. To put that in perspective, 15 million barrels equals 1933.4 acre feet, and Austin’s Lake Travis has a capacity of 1,135,000 acre feet. At that rate, Permian water production […]
6 ways QuickSet is changing the game in gas lift
“Closed-loop” design eliminates fugitive methane emissions and more… The QuickSet™ skid by Liftrock is an environmentally friendly control system that eliminates methane emissions from gas lift operations and delivers other key operating advantages. Here is a look at how QuickSet is changing the game in gas lift, and how operators in the Permian are benefitting. […]
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