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The essence of your problem is not in Washington, D.C. or in the various state capitals: It is in the local communities in and around which you operate. The local communities are also where the potential solutions to your problem must originate. That is the lesson America’s oil and gas...
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The Women's Energy Network (WEN) South Texas chapter and the Texas Energy Advocates Coalition (TEAC) co-hosted an energy mixer in Corpus Christi, Texas at the Omni Hotel on April 17. Guests were encouraged to join and get involved in the WEN South Texas chapter as the group moves forward...
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The World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosted their 21st Annual Jesse H. Jones Award Luncheon on April 17 at the Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston. The Council recognized Jeff Shellebarger, President, Chevron North America Exploration and Production Co., as the 2019 International Citizen of the Year. Also...
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As we move further into 2019, we’d like to give an overview of the trends we see developing in the cybersecurity and data privacy area for the year. We’ll be sure to elaborate on these areas with more details as they unfold. State legislation continues to move the data privacy...
SHALE Magazine Rural Texas Transitions May 2019
Years ago, Texas was a predominantly rural state. Populations of cities and counties in the late 1800s and early 1900s were much more evenly distributed back then. If we look back to the 1860s, we would note that nearly 60 percent of the U.S. workforce consisted of farmers. In...
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. Stephanie Sirt Company name: Emerson Automation Solutions Title: Global Senior Director, EPC Business   What does your company or organization do? Emerson provides equipment and solutions to enable customers to automate and optimize processes. What is the primary function of your role? I develop and drive the strategy across EPC partner customer accounts and manage the...
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I became a fan of shale when I leased my property in rural Pennsylvania to a gas drilling company over a decade ago. I became an advocate when I saw how much shale was doing for counties unlike my own where the Delaware River Basin Commission has yet to...
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For most of the nation’s oil and gas production history, the state of Texas has been the epicenter of activity, providing a far greater share of total US production than any other state. Over the entire decade of the 2000s, Texas crude oil production comprised about 21 percent of...
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The Women's Energy Network (WEN) held its national conference on March 27-29 in Denver, Colorado. WEN members from around the country converged at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center to hear from speakers and panels in four tracks: legal/regulatory, technical, financial and leadership. Keynote addresses included Dr. Christine...
SHALE Policy Article May 2019 2
There are few things — if any — that are more important to our lives than water. Without water, human life ceases to exist. Texas is all too familiar with frequent periods of drought and increasing demand on our water supply; when we think about challenges with water it’s usually...