In less than 10 years, frac sand sourcing has migrated from Wisconsin/Illinois to Brady to local basins, and cut fracturing costs by millions in the process. Meanwhile, expect another sand boom. By Paul Wiseman While hydraulic fracturing traces its roots as far back as 1947 with Stanolind Oil and Gas engineer Floyd Farris’s unsuccessful trial, […]
Old School: The Service Sector Knows What Works
The oil price uptick of the past year or more, welcome as it was, has been slow to penetrate labor-intensive sectors like oilfield service. By Paul Wiseman “Prices back five years ago, six years ago were decent on the pulling unit side, but they went way down and they haven’t come up to where they […]
Maker’s Marks
At places like ADS (Air Drilling Solutions) and Henry Pumps—manufacturing kinds of places—the race is to the swift and the battle is to the strong. If, that is, we think of “swift” as streamlined and “strong” as adaptable. By Paul Wiseman How does a Scottish Highlander end up in Midland, Texas, presiding over a company […]
Partnership Approach
Roads: County, Energy Company Lay Groundwork for Productivity by Julie Anderson Some relationships have natural tension simply because of cause and effect. However, this doesn’t mean the two parties can’t forge a positive path, especially when they step outside the challenges and look at the big picture. It’s no secret that the oil and gas […]
Automation Gets in Gear
The steps-saving discipline that is automation keeps expanding its realm. From a service company’s back office to a producer’s onsite operations to injection chemicals at remote locations—and far beyond—automation continues to spread its ability to streamline and inform oil patch operations. Innovators in those three areas share their expertise. By Paul Wiseman Transparency and Accountability […]
Digging into the DUG
The 2018 DUG Permian Conference delivered a primer on what it takes to be successful in the Basin. FORT WORTH, TEXAS—The DUG Permian Conference, an annual event, fetched top Basin executives and other decision makers to this fine city for what turned out to be an eye-opening exploration of the fast-changing landscape that is the […]
Pipe: It Touches Everything
By Paul Wiseman “Instead of being focused on the drilling side, we’re very much focused on the production side,” says Ron Underwood, president and founder of R&D Pipe. The company is based near Houston, selling pipe throughout the Gulf Coast as well as in the Permian Basin. The flood of drilling rigs in the […]
Water, Water Everywhere in the Permian
This approaching flood will require water treatment instead of an ark. by Paul Wiseman Grizzled veterans of the Oil Patch have a saying that goes something like this: “We produce mostly water and a little bit of oil.” In the days of vertical wells and falling production that issue was not a problem. Scattered […]
Standing up for Safety in the Permian
Oil patch safety gets personal for most professionals. By Paul Wiseman Scratch almost any safety professional and you’ll likely find, just under the surface, a horrific work-related tragedy that relentlessly drives everything they do. These images are burned into their psyche with no less force and agony than that of a branding iron searing the […]
The Wall of Water
The rapidly developing water midstream sector promises a “wall of water” for producers. This expanding midstream sector replaces truck trips with more efficient hub-and-spoke gathering and distribution systems. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; Isaiah 35:6, ESV “We are modern day alchemists,” says Wolfcamp Water Partners CEO Toby Darden. […]
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