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Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

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

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Vision Shift

August 1, 2019 by PBOG

Unprecedented growth in the Basin calls for an extensive road plan overhaul. By Julie Anderson As a 37-year resident of Odessa and now Ector County’s chief administrative officer, County Judge Debi Hays is proud of the contribution the Permian Basin makes not only to the Lone Star State, but to the nation. In fact, she […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Infrastructure Tagged With: Feature, featured article, Gas, Oil, permian basin, roads

Safety and the “Real World”

July 15, 2019 by PBOG

Greetings and salutations! Welcome to my inaugural column for the Permian Basin Oil & Gas magazine. I am excited to bring you stories, reports, and ideas. Some of the ideas will be new to even my safety colleagues. Just the same, I hope to bring you a refreshing look at what’s new and what’s old. […]

Filed Under: Environmental, Safety and Training, Featured Article Tagged With: Feature, featured, Safety

It’s dirty work, but….

July 10, 2019 by PBOG

… but someone’s got to create the footprint, build the approach roads, and do all the other site work that must happen before the “real work” gets started. Dirt work is elemental in the Permian Basin. By Paul Wiseman They may not move Heaven—although it may seem like it sometimes—but they do move lots of […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Trade Talk, Trucks, Rigs and Heavy Equipment Tagged With: Feature, featured

Texas and Mexico

July 8, 2019 by PBOG

The Lone Star State and its south-of-the-border neighbor have a relationship built on, among other things, energy. There is a dynamic there that is changing and, in some ways, becoming more reciprocal than in earlier times. By Paul Wiseman     Trade between Texas and Mexico has always been sort of a tap dance, starting […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, News Tagged With: Feature, featured, mexico

The Keys to the Castle

July 1, 2019 by PBOG

Most cyber threats come, unintentionally, from within. By Paul Wiseman “We have met the enemy, and they are ours.” Admiral Oliver Perry, September 1813 “We have met the enemy, and he is us.” Walt Kelly, as quoted in a Pogo poster, April 1970 The average person receives 12 spam emails per day, totaling 4,000 per […]

Filed Under: Automation, Controls and Measurement, Environmental, Safety and Training, Featured Article Tagged With: cyber security, Feature, featured

Gone Fishing

June 17, 2019 by PBOG

Here’s how Schlumberger’s Glossary defines a “fish”: Anything left in a wellbore. It does not matter whether the fish consists of junk metal, a hand tool, a length of drill pipe or drill collars, or an expensive MWD and directional drilling package. Once the component is lost, it is properly referred to as simply “the […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, History, Tool and Equipment Rental Tagged With: Feature, featured

That’s a Wrap

June 4, 2019 by PBOG

The macrocosmic reviews of the 2019 140-day session are replete with feel-good language: Cooperation Instead of Combativeness. An Aura of Kumbaya. Playing Nice. Mission Accomplished. The trio known as “the Big Three” vowed in the early going to address property taxes and school finance. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Speaker of […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Legislative Matters Tagged With: Feature, featured, Legislation, Legislature

Cudd Energy Services Announces Sweeney as Director of Well Intervention and Integrity

June 4, 2019 by PBOG

Sponsored Content: Cudd Energy Services named Gene Sweeney as Director of Well Intervention and Integrity. Sweeney will take on responsibilities for Cudd’s domestic snubbing, well control, and special services disciplines. Sweeney returns to Cudd after leading BP’s global well control team for the past seven years where he was responsible for strengthening BP’s well control […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, People Tagged With: CUDD Energy Services, Feature, featured

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

Drilling Deeper: Riding High

June 2, 2019 by PBOG

In this month’s collection of articles, the predominance of the Permian Basin continues to figure into any discussion of domestic energy, and even world energy. These are the full versions of the “Drilling Deeper” news items that appeared as abbreviated versions in the print edition of PB Oil and Gas Magazine’s June 2019 issue. Permian […]

Filed Under: Drilling Deeper, Featured Article Tagged With: Feature, featured

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