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. […]
Happy New Year/Happy New Hire
Greetings and salutations! I am excited and optimistic for the New Year. Each year everyone shares this common enthusiasm to celebrate the previous year if the safety performance has been deemed successful and injury free. Conversely, if the company has experienced a less-than-stellar performance, there is still much relief that comes from embracing a needed […]
Safe Tidings
This is my favorite time of the year! It is every safety person’s “reward time” of the year! No, not necessarily the monetary reward, but rather the reward of employees enjoying their families and friends. Another untold bonus is being able to return to work for some Holiday Relief. As I write about the different […]
In Retooling Mode: Oilfield Services
With the tidal wave of disruptions over the last two years, the oilfield service sector has had to pivot, reboot, and refocus just like the rest of the industry. Midland-based Forty A&M LLC specializes in shooting fluid levels and well optimization, and California-based Tetra Tech’s Permian business mainly consists of treating and handling produced water. […]
The Art of Control
Most days for a well control company are pretty quiet. They’re helping an E&P plan safety procedures for a new pad or doing well safety training for another client. Generally they’re working to prevent or reduce danger on the well site. But, much like a community’s firefighters and EMTs, when that emergency call does come, […]
Going the Rental Route
The equipment leasing model allows service companies to reduce capex by only paying for certain equipment as it’s needed—as opposed to buying it and letting it sit idle when things slow down. A good deal for them. For leasing companies, in good times, this is fine. Once a forklift finishes at a job in the […]
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