Allen-Gilmer, drillinginfo
By Allen Gilmer, Co-founder of Enverus (formerly Drillinginfo) For those in the oil patch who know me, I’m not one to normally quote the Bard … William Shakespeare. But in perhaps his most famous play, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare conjures up a question still relevant to many businesses today. Just about...
Hydrogen comprises around three-fourths of the mass of the universe, making it the most abundant element. Burning hydrogen produces no harmful emissions; it does not produce acid rain or deplete the ozone. It is used as a fuel and to create electricity. Hydrogen is used in the production of...
Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), have been around for over a hundred years. They were first developed for purposes of war, but these days privately owned drones far outnumber those owned by the military. Their usefulness is also being utilized more and more in the business...
Hollywood Wages War on Dakota Access Pipeline
Some needed relief for the Permian’s pain in the (bottle)neck Because new wells are drilled much faster than pipelines can be built, pipelines in the Permian Basin have been unable to keep up with the overwhelming production of oil and natural gas. The Permian Basin bottleneck has for some time...
On April 2, 2010, President Obama said, “Oil rigs today generally don’t cause spills. They are technologically very advanced.” Eighteen days later the Deepwater Horizon explosion killed eleven crew members and leaked oil into the Gulf of Mexico for months. To his credit, after the tragedy, he tightened safety...
Hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes: Three very good reasons to have easy renewable energy in your home. Over a quarter of a million people lost power when Hurricane Harvey made landfall. Last week a tornado in Cape Cod left tens of thousands without power. The passing of a storm does not guarantee return...
Eagle Ford Shale
Don’t Forget the Eagle Ford Shale There is a lot of talk recently about the amazing Permian Basin, but there, ahead of it, and not to be overshadowed for long, is the Eagle Ford Shale. Spreading over 400 miles across Texas from the Mexican border in the west to the...
If you need a job, consider looking for one in Texas. In 2018, Texas added 391,800 jobs. Of those jobs, 3,300 were added by the mining and logging sector, which includes the oil and gas industry. That means that right now about 17% of all jobs in Texas belong...
Ryan Zinke
Ryan Zinke, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, has joined Cressman Tubular of Dallas, TX, in an advisory role. After his tenure as both commander in Navy SEAL Team Six and member of the president’s cabinet, Secretary Zinke looks to make his mark on the U.S. steel industry. In...
ITOP Kym Bolado May 2019 Featured, energy news, TechnipFMC
In the oil patch radio show is proud to bring you this week's energy minute produced by shale mag.com: Weatherford, one of the industry's oldest and largest oil field service company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, led by Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Russia. The OPEC plus nations...