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The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) San Antonio held their annual membership meeting on June 28 at Maggiano’s Little Italy. The meeting included announcements regarding recent activity and upcoming plans. The new board was sworn in and guests enjoyed a fascinating healthcare presentation. Photos courtesy of SHALE
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Well, here we go again. It’s not hard to see why oil and natural gas prices are inherently volatile. They are among the most important, if not the most important, commodities in the world. As author Alex Epstein says, energy is the industry that powers every other industry –...
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Tommy Nusz The Planner Tommy Nusz, Chief Executive Officer of Oasis Petroleum, one of the most active producing companies in the Bakken Shale play, is talking about how his employees are trained to carefully go about their business in the often-subzero temperatures in North Dakota and Montana. “Our guys are...
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When you hear someone talk about “Appalachia” what sort of landscape comes to mind? For some, the image of a beautiful, mountainous region of the Eastern United States comes to mind. For most, sadly, the moniker still conjures images of shuttered steel mills, idled manufacturing plants and blight brought...
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Permian pipeline connections are beginning to bottleneck, as revealed by Kayrros data. The bottleneck is caused by the pipeline capacity reaching saturation, limiting the flow of oil to storage hubs, which comes at a time when Kayrros sees the output from the basin rising in August 2018. Price differentials...
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Dry Dock Brewing Company was the first brewery to open in Aurora, Colorado. A decade ago, owners Kevin DeLange and Michelle Reding expanded their homebrew shop, the Brew Hut, by adding a seven barrel (BBL) brewhouse and tasting room in the back room. By word-of-mouth, the 900-square-foot brewery established...
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The most recent quarterly meeting of the Eagle Ford Shale Consortium was held March 27 in Cotulla at the A.B. Alexander Civic Center. Over 80 attendees consisting of elected officials, economic development directors, city managers, industry representatives and other stakeholders participated in the event. Much has changed since the Eagle...
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In 1891, the Railroad Commission of Texas was created by the Texas Legislature to protect Texans from the flourishing railroad industry’s abuse of power and discriminatory rates through regulation. The Commission was Texas’ first regulatory agency and initially maintained jurisdiction over the rates and management of railroads, terminals, wharves...