public domain roustabout
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for February 9, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me): Good stuff here.: The Death Of The #Oil Industry: Not This Again via @forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellynch/2017/02/08/the-death-of-the-oil-industry-not-this-again/#560d72055d51 Well, sure. Spending other people's money is what Democrats do.: CA bets on electric cars,...
public domain offshore walkway
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for February 7, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me): The professional protesters at the Dakota Access Pipeline protest site in North Dakota have claimed to be "protectors of the waters and land" for the last several months....
public domain battleship
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for February 7, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me):   We can only hope he will.  The military's only mission should be to protect the country in the most efficient and effective way possible.  Wasting hundreds of millions...
public domain pipes
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for February 6, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me): New markets opening every day, thanks to good public policy.  Two years ago, it was illegal for American oil producers to export un-refined crude oil overseas, thanks to...
Public domain tankers at sunset
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for February 3, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me):   Texas Congressman Lamar Smith has been working tirelessly - and enduring an unending assault on his character from the national and Texas news media - to expose the...
Public domain Houston ship channel
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for February 2, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me): For decades, proponents of the cult-like "Peak Oil" theory focused on oil supply, claiming that the world's ability to produce crude would "peak" soon - always, it was...
Oil and Gas stories
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for February 1, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me):   It's a fragile balance, but so far, the deal between OPEC and Russia to limit crude oil exports is working to support a higher price for crude on...
public domain ope
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for January 31, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me): Many of us have known that Russia was pouring money into the anti-fracking movement in the U.S. since about 2010.  Newsweek is just now catching on.  No wonder...
public domain refinery over river
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for January 30, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me):   While activity in other basins across North America continues to struggle for growth, the Permian Basin has become a boom unto itself.: Permian Basin is 9 rigs shy...
natural gas plant
Here are the Top Dozen Oil & Gas stories for January 27, 2017, taken directly from the @GDBlackmon Twitter Feed (that’s me):   The proliferation of clean-burning natural gas-fired power plants to replace coal in the power generation sector in recent years is the main reason why U.S. carbon emissions have...