It could as easily be called “regulating behind closed doors.” There’s a high stakes game going on, and oil and gas are the parties who stand to lose the most. By Julie Anderson   Some two years ago, state Senators Kel Seliger, Carlos Uresti, and Robert Duncan along with state Representatives Tryon Lewis and […]

  The tides of the drilling mud industry have an ebb and flow all their own. By Shanti Terry Much like the ocean, the oil and gas industry is both wonderful and majestic to behold. It’s to be appreciated, but also respected, as unexpected riptides can sweep one far away from shore if caution is […]

  By Rebecca Hargus One might say that well servicing, in contrast to well drilling, is steady. The rig and the work is still there after the excitement and anticipation of drilling has dissipated and the drilling rig has moved on. While the term “well servicing” is usually typified by the workover rig and those […]

  Parker and Parsley’s partnership began with a handshake and humble beginnings in the early 1960s. It grew into what has now become a legacy, as they have paved the way for one of the nation’s largest independent oil and gas operations. Amidst an atmosphere of great cheer and nostalgia, Howard Parker and Joe Parsley […]

A bigger, better, more experience-packed expo awaits oil and gas industry professionals this April 14th, as the Midland Energy Expo follows its sold-out 2014 event with an expanded program for 2015. Besides the brand-new venue—the just-opened Midland Horseshoe Pavillion, next door to last year’s venue in the Horseshow Arena—there is a full roster of speaker […]

  By Julie Anderson Oilfield equipment auctioneers hold forth on the ‘whys and wherefores’ of the auction trade.   There are certain words that conjure up both images and sounds, and “AUCTION” is definitely one of them. First, you have a mental picture, or, rather, a comingling of two pictures: a man on a stand […]

  By Lana Cunningham She’s not your ordinary 26-year-old. Amelia Dipprey has her Rimfire Trucking, all 55 trucks worth, rolling—keeping the wheels turning in the oil and gas industry. Tall and lanky with long curly hair dangling down her back, Amelia Dipprey doesn’t look the part of an owner of a Texas trucking company. But […]

  By Al Pickett, special contributor Seismic’s earthshaking technologies enter a new era. Often compared to the use of ultrasound in medicine, seismic surveys are used by oil and gas explorers to produce detailed images of various rock types and their location beneath the Earth’s surface in an effort to determine the location and size […]