The business of “fishing” a well bore requires skill, technology—both new and tried-and-true—and a mechanical aptitude as well. Like everything else, this trade keeps changing, too. Fish: Anything left in a wellbore. Fishing: To attempt to retrieve a fish from a wellbore. The Oilfield Glossary compiled by Schlumberger explains a complicated industry process in a […]
Heat Wave
OSHA-mandated flame retardant clothing (FRC) is an apparel trend that hasn’t caught fire—not among the hands who must wear it even during scorching summertime heat—but help is on the way. Take a typical summer day in West Texas when the thermometer hits a high of 100 degrees (and sometimes higher) and where shade trees are […]
Outside the Box: PBIOS Celebrates an Innovator
The Permian Basin International Oil Show, slated for Oct. 16-18, will celebrate an innovative and independent-minded thinker, Charles Perry, as its industry honoree. Three times during our interview, Charles R. Perry’s cell phone rang. Each time, it was someone with a technical question about Perry’s gas processors. “My title is chairman emeritus,” Perry quipped, “but […]
Making Music in the Mud Biz
Not Yet Through Mud is his metier. Music is his mainstay. Ken Goldsmith, mud dawg that he is, takes Mudsmith Ltd. into melodic new waters. Welcome to the world of Ken-isms, “green initiatives,” customer service, and “floating slabs.” It’s all here… in Mudland. Well, the song’s for you if you’re not yet through at […]
From the Chairman of the Board
Nothing “Lesser” about the LPC Challenge Experience could serve the PBPA well as we transition from the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard dustup to the Lesser Prairie Chicken skirmish. Well, here we go again! The ink is barely dry on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department’s ruling on the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard and the Permian Basin Petroleum […]
Pull! ~ Clay Shoot Pit Challenge
They Came Out Smoking It was Napoleon who said that “an army travels on its stomach.” If the army that descended on Windwalker Farms ever were pressed into duty on the field of battle, not only would it be formidable—with 300 under arms, and a high incidence of marksmen—but it’d be well-fed, too, with a […]
The Booming Business of Worker Accommodations
Living Large, Temporary Style It goes by a number of names: temporary housing, workforce housing, “man camps,” lodges, worker accommodations—but by whatever name, these developments are making an impact in the Permian, as they have in all booming oil and gas plays. ODESSA—It’s quiet here in the dining hall of Goliath Industries’ pristine, barely completed […]
Pushing the Frontier at Pioneer
Pioneering Spirit The President and CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, Scott Sheffield, combines a global perspective with West Texas savvy to help fuel a resurgence in the Basin. When Teri Pender joined a small independent in Midland 30 years ago as an auditor, she occasionally had to ask questions of a petroleum engineer who always […]
From the Association President
Questions of whether certain information must be shared or not are at the forefront of much debate within the industry. The Texas House Energy and Natural Resources Committees both met in late June to discuss Interim charges. These Interim hearings will guide the development of legislation we will see in the 2013 legislative session. A […]
Making It Happen: The Irrepressible Clayton Williams
It is with sadness that we report the recent passing of the highly accomplished and much-revered West Texas oilman Clayton Williams. As a remembrance of his life, we share once again this personality profile we published some years ago. Our condolences go to his family and many friends. “You can’t help but enjoy life […]
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