The word “Wolfberry” and the name “Jim Henry” will forever be linked in the petroleum history of the Permian Basin. The story’s been told numerous times, and in various ways, but if there is a good “short version” of the tale, it’s in this capsule remark from Henry’s friend Jim White: “He [Jim [...]
No matter where Larry Richards has traveled in the world, He always runs into someone who has been to the Permian Basin. As president of Midland-based Hy-Bon Engineering, Inc., he was in Siberia last year overseeing one of his company’s projects. “I told the group I was from Midland and two men [...]
Amidst an atmosphere of positivism and enthusiasm, the 18th Annual Executive Oil Conference gave evidence that the Permian Basin, with its technologies and leadership, is poised to enter what could be its greatest chapter. The all-day sessions, which included a number of speakers as well as two panel discussions by industry experts, convened April 3 [...]
Spring has sprung, everyone is praying for rain and it looks like another hot dry summer is on the way. That’s the bad news and now the good news. Jobs are so plentiful that someone would have to work at remaining unemployed. The Wolfberry resource play has leaped the Midland Shelf to the Wolfbone play [...]
The deadline for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife to determine whether or not to list the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard as Endangered is fast approaching. It is likely that they will make an announcement prior to the June deadline. If USFW lists the Lizard, the Permian Basin will be changed forever. We continue to advocate for [...]
The word “Wolfberry” and the name “Jim Henry” will forever be linked in the petroleum history of the Permian Basin. The story’s been told numerous times, and in various ways, but if there is a good “short version” of the tale, it’s in this capsule remark from Henry’s friend Jim White: “He [Jim [...]
No matter where Larry Richards has traveled in the world, He always runs into someone who has been to the Permian Basin. As president of Midland-based Hy-Bon Engineering, Inc., he was in Siberia last year overseeing one of his company’s projects. “I told the group I was from Midland and two men [...]
Amidst an atmosphere of positivism and enthusiasm, the 18th Annual Executive Oil Conference gave evidence that the Permian Basin, with its technologies and leadership, is poised to enter what could be its greatest chapter. The all-day sessions, which included a number of speakers as well as two panel discussions by industry experts, convened April 3 [...]
Spring has sprung, everyone is praying for rain and it looks like another hot dry summer is on the way. That’s the bad news and now the good news. Jobs are so plentiful that someone would have to work at remaining unemployed. The Wolfberry resource play has leaped the Midland Shelf to the Wolfbone play [...]
The deadline for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife to determine whether or not to list the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard as Endangered is fast approaching. It is likely that they will make an announcement prior to the June deadline. If USFW lists the Lizard, the Permian Basin will be changed forever. We continue to advocate for [...]
Boom Times It might be the “cruelest month,” but the 2012 edition of April seems to be traipsing in pleasingly enough, and boding favorable weather for folks fortunate enough to be employed in oil and gas. April is a time for thunderboomers and all kinds of upstart weather and other seasonal/cyclical changes. April is also [...]
The Burmass Exposition is in the books, and booking business for an even-bigger 2013. For a fast-moving day-and-a-half, the 2nd Annual Burmass Tools of the Trade Exposition turned Midland’s Horseshoe Arena into a one-stop shopping and networking experience for anyone needing oilfield goods, services, or business support. Some 50 exhibitors—marking a hefty increase in [...]
Roby, Texas—Someone give this thing a name. What “thing”? Well, the “thing” is whatever is going on in Fisher County. And, apparently, Mitchell County, Scurry County, maybe Nolan County—places where the words “shale play” are not part of the local vernacular. And why has this unfolded so quietly? Normally, news reaches media outlets—and this PBPA [...]
