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Rear Admiral Kevin Cook, Eighth Coast Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard, secured as Keynote Speaker for CLEAN GULF 2014 HOUSTON. ...

LOGA and Don Briggs have been committed to writing this bi-weekly column for several years now as a way to ...

Aren’t you wondering what all of this Social Media is about? With temperatures already approaching #90degrees, this season is heating ...

July-August 2014 As the weather starts to heat up and we enjoy fireworks and Fourth of July festivities, I think it’s fitting ...

Transfac's creative factoring and asset-based financing solutions provide companies with the working capital they need to pursue their goals.  We ...

The oil and gas industry is driving an expansive segment of the economy, not just here in Texas, but throughout ...

Lost in all the media hoopla about President Obama’s recent announcement of EPA carbon emission regulations was this news that ...

The continuity of pipeline security depends on technology systems to sustain an effective environment to connect with each pipeline task. ...

Relationships only develop and thrive when both parties have a desire to work together toward a common goal. Although this ...

Pennzoil, like most oil companies hired petroleum engineer students as summer-hands. These summer-hands can grow into full grown petroleum engineers, ...

During August of 1992, I was a member of a 20 member delegation on a visit to Russia under the ...

The oil and gas field services industry, like the broader energy industry it serves, faces a time of dramatic challenge ...

With your help, we've set the record straight on all the media's misleading reporting. Noise from the Mainstream... From NBCNews.com— ...

A new investigative report by InsideClimate News and the Center for Public Integrity – promoted and produced by the Weather ...

The power of SPAM, and I am not talking about emails. In the time before electronic devices conquered the world, ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it would gather public comment for 90 days on whether to require chemical manufacturers ...

On the morning of the last day of August 2010, returning from my Colorado tour, I left my parents place ...

A leading Republican governor claimed Monday that President Obama will make a decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline within ...

The growing oil and natural gas industry has spawned a unique challenge, and the state’s universities have created programs to ...

The Texas Railroad Commission apparently isn’t shaken up by Ohio regulators’ decision to limit hydraulic fracturing after finding the process ...

From the storied King Ranch near the Mexican border to the 1901 Spindletop well in East Texas-- the most famous ...

Something to celebrate this Earth Day: carbon dioxide emissions in the United States are at their lowest level in twenty ...

Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman said Friday the shale revolution could drive the state’s oil production to record levels ...

Marathon Petroleum Corp. said it is taking the next step toward a potential $2.2 billion to $2.5 billion upgrade to ...

At the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas-Louisiana border, Cheniere Energy could be just weeks away from ...

The old adage across the plains of West Texas is to “Never Sell Your Mineral Rights!” And for good reason, ...

Common thought is that the Haynesville Shale natural gas play is over. Pack up your trucks and move to another ...

In 2001, I teamed up with Academy Award winning producer Gray Frederickson (Godfather II) to begin a film production company. ...

Several years ago, during a period of time when some in the oil and natural gas industry were engaging various ...

Pipeline security requires a combination of assorted technology systems to maintain control during pipeline initiation, installation, and operation. Sociotechnical systems ...

RDX Technologies Corporation officials plan to pipe treated wastewater from a facility in Odessa to oil leases, pursuing a water ...

Our company, Imbibitive Technologies is a specialty sorbent manufacturer.  Our flagship product is IMBIBER BEADS® which is the only “oil-sensitive” super-absorbent ...

Sco-Jo Land and Environmental is the nation’s leading environmental compliance and land brokerage firm, with 35 years of combined experience ...

Paradigm Partners is an international consulting firm specializing in complex federal and state tax and funding incentives, for both public ...

The Woodlands currently has 9.9 million square feet of high-quality office space. While much of the existing space is already ...

American Pollution Control Corp. (AMPOL) is a full-service environmental remediation company and contractor that specializes in inland, near-shore, and offshore ...

Wet Tech Energy is a family owned and operated company that has evolved into a diverse and unique blend of ...

Floyd Wilson, the wildcatter who helped discover the fastest-growing U.S. oil field, says a prospect called the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale ...

Almost half the land west of the Mississippi belongs to the federal government, including 48% of California, 62% of Idaho ...

Every business sector has a complex set of tax laws that are industry-specific, and with the large numbers produced by ...

Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman said Friday the shale revolution could drive the state’s oil production to record levels ...

Fueled by the rapid expansion of the oil and gas industry, Texas exports reached their highest value in history in ...

2013 brought about many encouraging announcements for the Louisiana oil and gas industry. While the southern portion of our state ...

My oilfield-related photographic art focuses on the hard work, grit and raw beauty of the people and equipment of the ...