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Building and launching a start-up in any industry can be difficult. Building a business requires time, money/investment, experience, and connections. ...

The Texas Supreme Court and our Courts of Appeals have now been struggling for years with the elusive distinction between ...

Below is an interview with RPSEA President, Tom Williams. The interview text has been left in tact, with only minor ...

If there ever were a time in U.S. history when the phrase “elections have consequences” would be most accurate, now ...

Meridian Energy Group is well underway with its efforts to build the Davis Refinery. Davis, commonly referred to as the ...

There has been a huge leap in the oil and gas space to embrace software to improve productivity on the ...

When Roe Patterson began thinking about documenting a slice of his father’s (Glenn Patterson) legacy, he knew it would be ...

The following is an interview with Ragen Borel, CEO, MAP Oil Tools. The interview text has been left in tact, ...

At the 2004 International Energy Policy Conference in Tulsa, OK, the main focus was on the subject of geopolitics. Fourteen ...

As the price of crude oil dropped through the mid part of the decade, oil and gas companies understandably had ...

As jobless numbers decrease and companies within nearly every industry tout the ability to hire new talent, the oil and ...

Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) is the root cause of many of the global petrochemical industry’s most serious problems including forced ...

In some circles, a career as a truck driver comes attached with a certain stigma. Long hours on the road, ...

For years, the option to sell your oil and gas property was to bring it to auction. The mentality is ...

Data Visualization Can Help Your Oil and Gas Company The oil and gas industry goes through many changes over the ...

The cover that was keeping the Austin Chalk quiet has been blown off. The play spanning across most of central ...

Like many industrial areas, the oil and gas industry is in the midst of an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) ...

Below is an interview with author Jim Hinckley. The interview text has been left in tact, with only minor grammatical ...

For the past year, the energy world has eagerly followed a historic event in the oil and gas industry involving ...

LNG is growing at a rapid pace because it is seen as a more environmentally friendly alternative to produce electricity. ...

The oil and gas industry is one of the most dangerous in the country, if not the world, according to ...

Energy investors have become concerned about the effect of rapidly growing Permian Basin crude oil and natural gas liquid production ...

An umbilical is generally thought of as a lifeline. Most often, a lifeline from a fetus to a mother or ...

Augmented Intelligence is the Next Wave of Operational Excellence for Oil and Gas In today’s digital age, advanced technologies have ...

When we think of oil and gas companies, the environment comes to mind. However, it is in a negative way. ...

The second quarter of the year has seen abundant activity at the intersection of the energy industry and the law. ...

The U.S. shale market continues to excel at producing oil and gas for export around the world. Several shale plays ...

Drilling technology. When you hear these words, you immediately think of drills, drill bits and drilling techniques. However, drilling fluids ...

Exploration policy Under the NELP (New Exploration Licensing Policy), operating companies (those involved in the production of oil and gas) ...

Since the beginning of March of this year, I have spoken at several events, including The Pipeline & Energy Expo ...

The men and women that work in the oil and gas industry work hard, do dangerous jobs and put their ...

Rising crude prices have surged 50 percent since last year and as a result has improved the outlook of the ...

The RRC prides itself that it is not just a static enforcement agency, but it is actively participat­ing in revising ...

Oil and gas companies have made significant strides over the past few years doing more with less in a lower-for-longer ...

The University of Oklahoma School of Law hosted an executive seminar which focused on the short and long-term outlook for ...

“Sometimes what you think is the hardest problem is the easiest to solve.”—The Beachwood Corporate Mantra. Who we are: Beachwood ...

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)— creating a network of sensors and devices and linking them to software applications and ...

A Look at the Innovation Integration of Blockchain Technology into the Global Energy Industry Over the past decade I have ...

In Texas, the long-standing “rule of capture” controls claims for subsurface trespass predicated on hydraulic fracturing activities. The rule of ...