Click here to listen to the Audio verison of this story! Change comes to every sector of the oilfield, working its way through the various niches. Sometimes it comes by technological advance, sometimes by economic realities asserting themselves, sometimes by scarcity—or abundance—of resources. And sometimes it comes from ripple effects of mergers, acquisitions, and […]
Life on the Wire
“It’s super competitive.” Those were the first words out of the mouth of Max Killingsworth, a wireline professional working in the Permian Basin, when asked what conditions are like for wireline companies trying to maintain market share in the ever-bustling Basin. Killingsworth is Operations Manager for Unconventional in the Odessa District for KLX Energy Services. […]
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 […]