This year marks the 70th anniversary of the introduction of the Burmass Directory. An article from a generation ago tells the tale of the directory, also known as the Bible of the Basin, and tells it better than any living individual could. Much has changed, and yet so much remains the same. The story of […]
The Oilfield Bible
Editor’s note: The following article by Russ Mabry was written and published more than two decades ago in the Burmass Directory, sister publication to Permian Basin Oil and Gas magazine. We reproduce it here to share the interesting and important background of the Burmass, an indispensible guide to the business resources within the Permian […]
Tools of the Trade 2013
An address on entrepreneurship by Dick Saulsbury highlighted the Burmass Tools of the Trade Expo. First you have to find the thing you believe in. Those were the words of Dick Saulsbury, keynote speaker at the 2013 Burmass “Tools of the Trade” Exposition, held Feb. 28-March 1 at the Horseshoe Arena in Midland. Saulsbury, whose […]