Lucy Molina, Railroad Commission employee and recipient of a statewide “community involvement” award, expresses herself and lifts others’ spirits through a caring heart and a sensitivity to others’ needs. By Lana Cunningham The teen-ager was 14, pregnant, and living with a man who physically abused her. When she would show up at Fort […]
The MWD Revolution
MWD technology has transformed the drilling industry, taking an impossibility—horizontal drilling and its related technologies—to successful new heights, er, depths. By Al Pickett, special contributor New technology has revolutionized the oil and gas industry, helping companies find new hydrocarbons and drill wells most efficiently. There may not be a better example of that […]
Renting Comes Into Its Own
The big boom has created big business for the rental industry. By Shanti Terry In the oil and gas industry, it’s a well-known fact that the rental industry is big business. With big companies, big equipment, and big benefits for renters, rental companies stand to make big bucks if they can overcome a few […]
Drilling Deeper: Acquisitions, expansions, and media mixology
Acquisitions, expansions, and media mixology are all served up 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 the December 2014 PBOG. FourPoint Energy and EnerVest Expand FourPoint Energy, LLC, and privately held institutional affiliates […]
Oil Patch Songs: The Only Thing That Mattered
Sam Baker and Buckshot Bradley made their marks singing about life out where the derricks stand tall and the pump jacks keep rocking to that steady rhythm. by Joe W. Specht Sam Baker is well aware of the darker side to the oil patch. While attending North Texas State University during the 1970s oil […]
Philanthropy Thrives in the Basin
Area companies practice benevolence—alleviating individualized needs while elevating the local quality of life as well. By Julie Anderson The components of a company charter are varied depending on the company. However, one can assume the company name, purpose, objectives, structure, and scope of operations are all ingredients to be found residing somewhere in the […]
Let’s Drill, Baby, Drill
A Texas songwriter/musician has written an oil patch anthem for American energy independence. by Joe W. Specht If the title, “Let’s Drill Baby Drill,” doesn’t immediately catch your attention, then the opening verse of Mack Abernathy and Tres Womack’s spirited number certainly will. Don’t call us oil field trash—we fill your car with […]
Major Moves in Midstream
The industry’s “mid-section,” the midstream sector, is in the midst of a massive metamorphosis. By Al Pickett, special contributor To the moon and back: That is how Thure Cannon describes the extensive oil and gas pipeline network in Texas. “According to the Texas Railroad Commission’s Pipeline Mileage Chart, there are more than 425,000 miles […]
An Inclination for Maturation
The Cline Shale, a play that has fueled more speculation and conversation than any other West Texas oil find of recent vintage, is starting to come into its own. By Lana Cunningham How hot is the Cline Shale today? It depends on the view of the person with whom you are talking. Some […]
The Digital Oilfield, Now and Forever: Sidebars
Sidebars to accompany the second installment of the Digital Oilfield. Editor’s Note: PBOG Magazine asked Lance Tolar, president of Tolar Systems Inc., to comment on how technology is transforming the oilfield. He’s done that, both in this issue and in last month’s installment of this series, but he also indicated to us that there is a tradeoff that […]