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

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“They Sacrified for You…”

November 11, 2019 by PBOG

“… so you need to sacrifice your time for them,” said Carlton Brown. “Stand for those who stood for you.” His brother, Kameron, military veteran, is one who stood for all of us. Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine recognizes Veterans Day by sharing the story of one of our own. It has been our […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, People Tagged With: Midland, odessa, permian basin, Veterans Day

Spudding In

February 1, 2019 by PBOG

Recollections of the old “Fort Worth Spudder” and other early-day portable drilling machines. This photo shows what appears to be a stripped-down framework of an old Fort Worth Spudder. See other photos for comparison. by Bobby Weaver Probably the most recognizable imagery related to the oil field is a towering derrick. That was especially true […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Industry Analysis, Well Service Tagged With: Derricks, drilling rigs, Fort Worth Spudder, Midland, Oil Field, pecos county, Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, superstructures, Texas, Yates field

Maker’s Marks

December 1, 2018 by PBOG

At places like ADS (Air Drilling Solutions) and Henry Pumps—manufacturing kinds of places—the race is to the swift and the battle is to the strong. If, that is, we think of “swift” as streamlined and “strong” as adaptable. By Paul Wiseman How does a Scottish Highlander end up in Midland, Texas, presiding over a company […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Producers and Exploration Tagged With: ADS (Air Drilling Solutions), ADS Services, Alley’s Industrial Services in Odessa, Henry Pumps, Houston, major area drilling company, Midland, permian basin, prototypes and technology, Scotsman Charlie Orbell, Sean Alley, Texas, Tx

Oilfield Trash: A Personal Reminiscence

December 1, 2018 by PBOG

by Bobby Weaver During the 1950s and ’60s I was a part of the hard working, hard drinking group of oilfield of hands in the Permian Basin who were generally referred to as “oilfield trash” by outsiders. In those days Odessa had the reputation as the rough and ready working man’s town while Midland, only […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Oil Patch Tales Tagged With: bible belt, helter skelter, Johann Muhlenbakker, Midland, odessa, Oilfield, Oilfield Trash, permian basin, regional oil company, rural texas, social climate, Sodom and Gomorrah, Turnbaugh Corner

EAT IT

November 6, 2018 by PBOG

Thai House is casual and easy. The menu is simple, the staff friendly. There are fried rice dishes, noodle plates, salads, spring and egg rolls, bao, house specials… everything you’d expect to find at a Thai restaurant. I chose the Spicy Curry Chicken and my husband chose the Thai House Special. We chose our amount […]

Filed Under: Work and Play Tagged With: Eat It, Midland, odessa, Oil and Gas Magazine, oil and gas media, permian basin, Spicy Curry Chicken, Thai House, Thai House Special

Charting Performances

August 1, 2018 by PBOG

Permian Break-Even: As Low as $22 a Barrel During the last three years, companies operating in the Permian Basin have drilled much longer laterals and used substantially more complex well completion design in their newer wells with the aim of reaching higher initial production (IP) rates. Well lateral lengths in the Permian have increased in […]

Filed Under: Drilling Deeper, Featured Article Tagged With: Basin, Business, Data, Environmental, Global, Landfill, Midland, Oil and Gas, oil price, Permian tiers, Petro Waste, USS Constitution, well development

A Tale of Two Cities

May 2, 2016 by PBOG

Odessa and Midland deal with volatility together and apart. Chase Beakley   It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. You knew that was coming. After rattling off a list of poetic polarities, Dickens concluded that famous opening by saying, “In short, the period was so far like the present period, […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Feature, featured, Midland, odessa

Making a Statement: Midland’s Energy Tower

April 26, 2013 by PBOG

It already has its own Wikipedia page, for goodness sakes. If all plans are put in motion, the latest Big Thing to hit the Permian Basin will be the 58-story Energy Tower now slated for downtown Midland. Midland-based developer Energy Related Properties will build its high rise in the heart of downtown Midland, offering more […]

Filed Under: Featured Article Tagged With: Energy Tower, featured, Midland

The Century Mark: Midland-Based Fasken Oil and Ranch Celebrates a Momentous Milestone in May

April 26, 2013 by PBOG

By Paul Wiseman In the early 1900s west Texas was as empty as a whiskey bottle at closing time, and almost as dry. (Some things haven’t changed). What would possess someone in far-off Toronto, Canada, to buy approximately 220,000 acres of the place, sight-unseen, is still somewhat of a mystery. But that is exactly what […]

Filed Under: Featured Article Tagged With: 100 Years, Century, Fasken, Fasken Oil and Ranch, featured, Midland

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