A new social media channel hopes to turn black gold a new shade of pink. By Paul Wiseman, Special contributor “Just the good old boys / Never meanin’ no harm.” For most of its history the oil and gas industry’s mode d’emploi could’ve started with the opening lines from that Dukes of Hazzard theme […]
Ready for Takeoff
The sky’s the limit as business travel, emergency response, surveillance, aviation, and oil industries intersect on multiple fronts. By Julie Anderson One industry drills down while the other climbs up. One taps into dark holes, while the other seeks stillness and sunlight. One is controlled by workers comfortable with the dust and grime, while […]
Bowed But Not Beaten Part Three
In our concluding Part 3 of this series, we arrive at the take-aways. Some are bitter medicine, others are rather more palatable. The dip that the Permian Basin has felt since last fall will soon go into its second year, and some “new normals” are emerging, but they’re not all bad. by Jesse Mullins As […]
The Greatest Oilfield Innovation
Strong words, maybe, but there’s a case to be made that proppants are the stuff that made the Permian miracle—and the world’s miracle—happen. Here’s a primer on why proppants are paramount to productive pathways. By Julie Anderson Adults brush it off their skin, shake it from their hair, and dump it out of their […]
Hard Truth’s and Saving Graces
In Part 2 of this three-part series, we delve deeper into some of the implications of the oil and gas downturn of 2014-15, as it affects the Permian Basin. Are the fire sales about to commence? Maybe. But there’s hope for the savvy players who hope to avoid such, and there’s a “floor” in place that not […]
MWD: Enters a New Age
It’s a world of “chasing gamma” “lost circulation zones,” and drillbit steering. The downhole technology that has everyone talking is one that is constantly seeing new refinements. These professionals share some of the latest developments in Measurement While Drilling practices. By Al Pickett, Special Contributor There has been a paradigm shift in the Permian […]
Totally Tubular
Essential to every aspect of drilling oil and gas, pipe is much like the vertebrae of the oil and gas industry. By Shanti Terry If you stop and think about it, the business of pipe can be best described as the skeleton of the oil and gas industry. In the human body you […]
Drilling Deeper: In Times Like These
Fun, new life, and growth are the themes that prevail in this month’s miscellany of truncated articles. These are the full versions of the “Drilling Deeper” news items that appeared as abbreviated versions in the print edition of PBOG’s July 2015 issue. Langan Opens in Houston Langan Engineering and Environmental Services has opened […]
The Big Clean-Up
by Jesse Mullins In Part 1 of this three-part series, we examine the fallout from the steep decline in crude oil prices. It’s a story with plenty of misfortune, to be sure, but it’s one with some surprising strokes of fortune. Meanwhile, some operators are getting their DUCs in a row… There comes […]
Karaoke Connection
A Time-Out for a Tune-Up By Paul Wiseman, Special Contributor “Don’t worry about me, I’ll be in Amarillo by morning—that’s Automatic because I’m in a Lone Star state of mind. Later, there’ll be a Grand tour of the studio and when we’re done we’ll be In the arms of the angels.” Those were the titles […]
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