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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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Shrinking the Footprint

October 16, 2019 by PBOG

The business of environmental services keeps evolving into something more akin to a real business function, and less like an onerous duty. The trend is driven partly by conscience and partly by receptivity to change. The days in which “environmental” was a dirty word in the oil patch are long gone, say the experts. More […]

Filed Under: Environmental, Safety and Training, Industry Analysis, Online Exclusive Tagged With: Environmental protection, Gas, Oilfield, permian basin, technology

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

The Digital Oilfield, Now and Forever: Sidebars

October 31, 2014 by PBOG

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 […]

Filed Under: Automation, Controls and Measurement, Featured Article, Techonology Tagged With: digital, digital oilfield, Feature, Oilfield, sidebar

Pipe: Keeping Pace With an Industry

July 1, 2013 by PBOG

The simplest implement in the oilfield–a joint of pipe–is not so simple any more, but that’s good for all involved. Edwin Drake started the ball rolling when he designed a method of drilling for oil that used an iron pipe. Since those early days of the oil industry in 1859 when his iron drive pipe […]

Filed Under: Pipe and Pipe Service Tagged With: featured, Oilfield, Pipe

Temporary Housing: Taking the Long View

July 1, 2013 by PBOG

Workforce housing now consists of more than just a Home on the Range. Throughout history, mineral plays have brought floods of people to remote areas that lacked sufficient resources and infrastructure to house, clothe, and feed such hordes. We’re not told how King Solomon housed the workers at his mines at Ophir, but we know […]

Filed Under: Featured Article Tagged With: featured, Goliath Industries, Oilfield, Target Logistics, temporary housing, Workforce Housing

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