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Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

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

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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

Playing Catchup

November 1, 2018 by PBOG

Of oil and gas’s three industry sectors—upstream, midstream, and downstream—midstream has been where the action’s at in 2018, and it’s driving decisions in both upstream and downstream as well. By Paul Wiseman Anyone who has ever held the business end of a garden hose while someone else—around the corner and out of sight—controlled the faucet […]

Filed Under: Featured Article Tagged With: CEO Robert A. Milam, downstream, Eagle Claw Midstream, in-process pipeline projects, Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline, midstream, Midstream's Big Year, oil and gas's three industry sectors, permian basin, Playing Catchup, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Upstream

Hiring: How Will the People Be Found?

September 8, 2018 by PBOG

More than ever, the success, and the future, of the Permian Basin depends on the region’s ability to hire the right people and in the necessary quantities. Being attractive enough to potential workers beyond New Mexico and Texas can mean less competition within the region for its limited pool of qualified workers, and thereby can […]

Filed Under: Featured Article Tagged With: Business, Hiring, Oil and Gas, permian basin, Potential workers

New Seasons Remind of a Time Before

September 5, 2018 by PBOG

About 12 months ago, I wrote a column about the changing seasons. For most of the world around this time of year summer is giving way to fall and many transformations are occurring. Temperatures are dropping and leaves are changing colors. September, while it might not bring cooler temperatures to our corner of the world, […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, From the Chairman Tagged With: Amoco, ARCO, Benjamin Franklin, crude oil producing basin of North America, From the Chairman, ndangered Species Act listings, permian basin, Permian Basin Petroleum Association, Texaco, West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico

Second Stage

October 1, 2013 by PBOG

Call it a second-level surge—because ”boom” and “bust” are words that ought be purged from the local vernacular. But with the recent uplift looking long-term, the surge has been in structures and infra-structure—developments that come after more confidence has set in. Our Permian Economic Outlook tells a story of a deepening expansion.  By Lana Cunningham  […]

Filed Under: Featured Article Tagged With: Economy, Expansions, featured, Infrastructure-bak, permian basin, Real Estate, Upsurge

Back to School

September 1, 2013 by PBOG

Know-how is everything in oil country, and the Permian region has the schools to keep its workforce in the know. Education and training are themselves an industry-within-the-industry, one that is critical to Permian Basin success and safety. By Al Pickett, special contributor Training and education have become a necessary industry within the oil and gas […]

Filed Under: Featured Article Tagged With: Back to School, featured, permian basin, Training

Big, Rich, and Diverse

August 1, 2013 by PBOG

A collection of facts and curiosities about the attention-getting Permian Basin, drawn from a variety of sources. Increasing interest in the Permian Basin from entities and individuals outside our region has given rise to more reportage and analysis of our prolific play. We share with you a sampling from a couple of sources, as well […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: permian basin, Unpacking the Permian

Elevated Perspective

June 1, 2013 by PBOG

Steve Pruett and his well-placed partners have put together one of the biggest new E&P outfits to hit the Permian in several years. By Al Pickett, special contributor The most important factor in securing equity funding for a start-up energy company is people, according to Steve Pruett. “It is a marriage of people, experience, a […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Industry Analysis, People, Producers and Exploration Tagged With: Elevation Resources LLC, featured, Oil and Gas, permian basin, Steve Pruett

The Next Big Thing… Keeps Arriving

April 26, 2013 by PBOG

Automation is spreading two ways through the Permian Basin oilfield. One, it is filtering down from the larger companies to the smaller companies. And two, it is going far beyond simple applications, like electronic gauges to measure liquids in tanks. Matt Cosby, marketing manager at Resource Automation and Electrical, Farmington, N.M., believes that the rush […]

Filed Under: Featured Article Tagged With: Automation, featured, permian basin, wellkeeper

Vital Independence Part III: Broad Vista

February 4, 2013 by PBOG

Big Oil is outside looking in. As the major oil companies return from offshore and overseas to American fields to grab a piece of the shale revolution, a revolutioncreated by independent oil and gas companies—largely in Texas and New Mexico—the Bigs find that the independents sit upon the leaseholds they (the majors) once controlled.  And […]

Filed Under: Featured Article Tagged With: Big Oil, Broad Vista, featured, Independent Oil, Oil, permian basin, Vital Independence

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