Steven Fleming brings a new perspective to Texas’ Board of Geoscientists. by Al Picket, special contributor The old adage that “the squeaky wheel gets the grease” certainly played a role with Governor Greg Abbott’s recent appointment of Steven Fleming to the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists. Fleming, an environmental supervisor with Apache Corporation […]
The State of Play
When the time comes to ramp back up, which Texas shale formations stand ready for recovery? By J. Chase Beakley The energy industry has long been the beating heart of the Texas economy, and although the Lone Star State has diversified significantly of late, so many Texans are still entwined in oil and gas. […]
Oil And Water
Oil and Gas seems content getting blasted within the ring of public perception. When will they fight back? PBOG dives deep into the public relations battle that our industry seems reluctant to take up. by Tony Burke Doesn’t everything seem so well marketed these days? While we, as consumers, watch television, listen to […]
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 […]
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, […]
All in a Day’s Haul
by Hanaba Munn Welch By another name, highways are arteries. The truck traffic that flows over them is the lifeblood of the economy, carrying goods and services in every direction. When the big rigs are rolling across America, the economy is rolling too. Trains and planes and barges also carry the stuff of […]
Coping with Crisis
By Paul Wiseman There are many degrees of outsourcing, from using a service to vet and hire employees for the end user, to sending all work for a department such as Human Resources to another company. Some of those are doing better than others in this economy. Companies who handle the outsourcing of HR […]
Crossroads
New Mexico, reeling from the hard knocks of 2014-2016, takes stock of its current O&G industry and awaits—and readies for—the politics yet to unfold. by Tony Burke The Permian Basin is large. It stretches approximately 200 miles wide and 300 miles longitudinally. The basin rests, substantially, beneath two states. The grand industry […]
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