Baptist Health Systems was in full force at Paesano's this past Thursday night. Luckily, there were no emergencies for this group of physicians, nurses and medical workers to tend to. They were there to celebrate a leader in their friend and coworker, Shana Robinson. Robinson is the Chief Growth...
ConocoPhillips has awarded $230,250 in charitable grants to 31 organizations in the Eagle Ford area this year. “Our company believes in giving back to the communities where we live and work,” said Randy Black, manager, Eagle Ford operations. “This is our way of giving back. These recipient organizations work...
Stand and deliver! These words coming from one of the desperate men blocking your way mean it is time for you to get to work. The talkative one gets the first barrel of your 12-gauge shotgun; the one closest to him gets the second. Drawing your revolver, you go...
Cities in South Texas have been through a lot in the recent past. Around seven years ago, seemingly from out of nowhere and almost overnight, the Eagle Ford area was inundated with oilfield workers, housing shortages, crowded restaurants and busy roadways. Starting with just a handful of oil and...
Representatives from PESA-member companies — Baker Hughes, Cameron (a Schlumberger company), Caterpillar Oil and Gas, Cummins, DistributionNOW, FairfieldNodal, Forged Products, Halliburton, Hoover Ferguson, Industrial Tax Consulting, Li Gear, M&M International, Premier Pipe, Schlumberger, SOR Inc., Stallion Oilfield Services, TechnipFMC and Weir Oil and Gas — met with Congressional members...
Shortly after assuming office, former President Barack Obama famously told the Republican congressional leaders, “Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won.” Truer words were never spoken. Indeed, what a difference an election makes.
Half a year ago, companies in the U.S. oil and natural gas...
It should not come as a surprise to anyone that John Walker is the CEO of a company that he created. From his days as a Boy Scout, to college, to his military service, to parenthood to the earliest days of his business career, Walker has always made it...
Environment, education, and experience contribute to perception and bias, which, in turn, create the opportunity, if not the likelihood, for a willingness to accept certain propositions uncritically or reject converse propositions out of hand. When I represented the oil and gas industry in high-stakes lawsuits involving claims of catastrophic...
Below, you’ll find the Business our May/June 2017 issue of SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine featuring John Walker,Chief Executive Officer of EnerVest, Ltd., and Executive Chairman of EV Energy Partners, L.P.. Read his extraordinary story below and feel free to read any of our previous magazines by going...
The South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER) is encouraged by the news that ExxonMobil and SABIC have chosen to build a multibillion-dollar plastics manufacturing facility along the Texas Gulf Coast. This project is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the region to create high-paying jobs and increase the tax base...
