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I’m an oil and gas guy. That’s what I’ve been for an entire career, which technically began in June 1979, when I went to work as an accountant for Coastal States Oil and Gas Company at Greenway Plaza in Houston. But my history with the oil and gas industry...
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SHALE Magazine and In the Oil Patch hosted the Fourth Annual State of Energy luncheon on Aug. 29 at the Solomon P. Ortiz International Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. This event was held in partnership with nearly every Corpus Christi-area chamber of commerce, including the Aransas Pass Chamber of...
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Malignant mindsets of current and aspiring leaders likely to be counterproductive As an Organizational Psychologist and 28 years working with the top three levels in Fortune 100 companies, I’ve noticed some common themes with some of the most successful people in the world. See if you can identify with any...
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Entropy, life-cycle accounting and the circular economy are terms and concepts indicative of how society now looks at the world differently than previous generations. As the global population pushes toward ten billion people by the end of this century, thoughtful approaches to sustainability will become ever more essential to...
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As corporate wellness purveyors strategize their approach, there are a few simple but key considerations that can make all the difference between an employee successfully — and even profitably — realizing a weight-loss endeavor versus a well-intentioned effort that falls far short. In seeking advice relating to waistline-friendly workplace wellness,...
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It seems that everything, even basic necessities like energy, has become highly political today. But our conversation about American energy doesn't have to be this way. That's why the American Petroleum Institute is calling on voters, candidates, and the media to put aside partisanship with its "Power Past Politics"...
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The oil and gas industry occupies an awkward position in the modern societal and cultural hierarchy. So much of everything on which our domestic and international economies depend and operate is fueled by and made from oil and natural gas, and yet the industry is simultaneously ignored at best...