Back to the Basics The Fundamentals (and then some) of Formation Testing By Julie Anderson In times of frustration, coaches are famous for quoting the fundamentals: play your position, pace yourself, wait for your pitch, keep your eye on the ball, watch your form, save your energy. Play, form, energy—when it comes to […]
Native Grasses: A Reclamation and Remediation Natural
by Jesse Mullins Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine visited with Forrest Smith, Dan L. Duncan Endowed Director of South Texas Natives and Texas Native Seeds, recently to learn about his agency’s pioneering efforts in restoration of damaged or disturbed grounds where wells have been drilled, right-of-ways have been cleared, or other oil-and-gas related […]
First Quarter Earnings Reports
Financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016, for selected Permian Basin-based or Permian Basin-active oil and gas (and related) firms. Azure Midstream Partners Azure Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: AZUR) announced financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter 2016 […]
New And Noteworthy
Fresh offerings of products and services for the oil and gas set. Push-In Foam Earplug Honeywell (NYSE:HON), on Apr. 6, announced the Howard Leight TrustFit Pod push-in foam earplug that provides workers with properly fitting ear plugs to protect against noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Research shows that half of all industrial workers experience […]
The Broader Picture: June 2016
Where we share some O&G news from beyond the Permian’s borders—news that, in some way, touches the Basin. EIA Apr. 25 Above-normal temperatures during the 2015-16 winter were a key factor in lowering heating demand and winter fuel expenditures. Compared with the 2014-15 winter, propane and heating oil demand decreased by 16 percent and […]
New And Noteworthy
Fresh offerings of products and services for the oil and gas set. Keytroller unveils state-of-the-art affordable remote equipment monitoring Countless companies are faced with the real and often costly predicament of how to monitor and track the location of their equipment in remote jobsites. Solving this issue, Keytroller, a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of […]
Carefully Consider Options When Facing a Lease Termination Dispute
By Conrad Hester Thompson & Knight LLP With oil dipping below the $30 per barrel mark, the continuing profitability of many oil and gas leases may be in jeopardy. The likely result will be a spike in claims that a lease has terminated due to a failure to produce in paying quantities. Whether a marginal […]
A Global Perspective
Colin Fenton, keynote speaker for the 2015 Annual Meeting of the PBPA, addressed the past, present and future of oil and gas—here and around the world. Colin Fenton, managing partner at Blacklight Research and Columbia University fellow, was the keynote speaker at October’s PBPA Annual Meeting. Hailing from the Ivy League, the corporate banking […]
The 2015 Border Energy Forum
On Oct. 16, the 2015 Border Energy Forum (BEF) concluded, following two days of intriguing speeches and panel presentations from some of the most prominent leaders across all platforms of the energy industry. The BEF is a bilingual event focused on fostering collaboration and conversation of the most efficient and technologically advanced uses of energy […]
A Finding for our Side: The Lesser Prairie Chicken
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on Sept. 1 granted summary judgment in favor of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and vacated the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) rule listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken (LPC) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. In PBPA et al. v. Department of […]