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PBOG is the Official Publication of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and is published monthly by Zachry Publications, LP.

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Lateral Moves

August 19, 2024 by PBOG

laterals

Longer laterals, faster completion times, and tightening budgets have pushed downhole tools to their limits in the last five years. Innovators at service companies like Neo Oil Tools, NOV, and Baker Hughes are also pushing the research envelope to adapt their equipment and procedures to the demands of today’s oilfield. In every case they’re finding […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Pipe and Pipe Service

The Cylindrical Trade

October 9, 2023 by PBOG

Wars against disease and among Slavic peoples have flooded service companies with changes, both in demand for energy and in supply of goods to sell. Oil country tubular goods (OCTG) suppliers are no different, and companies like R&D Pipe Company and Baker Tubulars are broadening their offerings and their markets to make up the difference. […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Pipe and Pipe Service, Trade Talk

Pipe Goes High Tech

October 17, 2022 by PBOG

One wouldn’t think that something as simple as a cylinder would offer many prospects for innovation. But one would be wrong. The metal cylinder known as pipe has attracted a wave of innovation and sophistication in the shale era. Oilfield pipe, commonly described as “oil country tubular goods, or OCTG, falls into four categories: drill […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Pipe and Pipe Service, Techonology

Hanging by a (Pipe) Thread

October 5, 2020 by PBOG

. R&D pipe President Ron Underwood and Trident Steel CEO Kevin Beckmann have both seen better times, but neither is certain when those will return, at least for their sector. Casing in particular is tied directly to drilling, Underwood pointed out. Beckmann noted that the rig count is down 73 percent year-over-year from 2019. That […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Pipe and Pipe Service, Trade Talk

More Than Just Pipe Dreams

June 3, 2019 by PBOG

Market fluctuations are driving OCTG (Oil Country Tubular Goods) companies to diversify. By Paul Wiseman   The Oil Patch roller coaster is real for the entire sector; but for companies that rely on steel as a raw material, global politics adds a whole new layer of variables. Such is the case for oil country tubular […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Pipe and Pipe Service Tagged With: Feature, featured, Pipe

How To Achieve Required Top of Cement in Challenging Permian Basin Wells

April 2, 2019 by Becky

Sponsored Post: Well productivity and profitability are influenced by the decisions you make every step of the way—that includes your cementing job. Cement quality is key to well performance and integrity, especially in the Permian, where 80 percent of existing Texas wells show sustained annual pressure and almost always have to pass through severely depleted […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Pipe and Pipe Service

Overcoming Casing Integrity Issues

February 1, 2019 by PBOG

Sponsored Post A range of factors can restrict casing ID and prevent a successful completion. Higher build rates, complex trajectories, and longer horizontal sections pose considerable challenges to casing integrity. Although careful casing and borehole trajectory design and appropriate drilling and completion techniques can reduce the risks, they cannot eliminate them. In addition, the constant […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Pipe and Pipe Service, Techonology

Pipe: It Touches Everything

June 8, 2018 by PBOG

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Pipe and Pipe Service Tagged With: Feature, featured, Pipe

The Wall of Water

February 5, 2018 by PBOG

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. […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Pipe and Pipe Service, Trade Talk Tagged With: Feature, featured, Water

Getting the Resources Gone

November 15, 2017 by PBOG

Takeaway is what the midstream sector is all about. Getting the crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids away from the wellheads and on their way to the processing plants. Sounds simple, but it’s a world unto itself, and it’s a world that’s undergoing dramatic change. by Jesse Mullins The upstream sector has its […]

Filed Under: Crude Marketing and Midstream, Featured Article, Pipe and Pipe Service Tagged With: Feature, featured, midstream

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