Contributors
Q&A with Jason Spiess: Ronald W. Jibson
by Jason Spiess
Jason Spiess: Looking back at 2014, with all the activity in the Bakken with their wet gas, the infrastructure in Louisiana and other shale plays,...
BP is Answering the Challenge
by Don Briggs
The oil and gas industry has a storied history in the state of Louisiana. Over the last 100 years, the industry has provided hundreds of...
Big Data in Oil and Gas
Traditionally, data acquisition in the oil and gas industry has been a cost center and not a revenue-generating asset for exploration and production (E&P) companies....
Oil Patch Warriors
From 2003 to 2009, I had the honor of serving as president of The International Society of The Energy Advocates. For over 40 years, The...
Three Strategies for a Successful Oil & Gas Acquisition
by Josh Robbins
If you haven’t been in the market yet this year – and judging by the amount of completed acquisitions there have been, more than likely...
Vacation Cruise; to P (production) from E (exploration)
While most people are familiar with my night job as the cartoonist for CRUDE Calendars, the majority of my connections are not familiar with my...
Energy Scene with Jason Spiess: Women in Oil & Gas
by Jason Spiess
Nancy Hodur, a researcher with North Dakota State University’s Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department, has co-authored several major industry studies related to the Bakken oil...
Keystone Pipeline Still Makes Sense
by Don Briggs
Take your pick as to the reason why the Keystone XL pipeline is necessary for the future of the U.S. Most of the following items...
U.S. Oil Exports Revisited
Forty years ago, in the spring of 1974, a group of oilmen and business leaders came together in Tulsa to form The International Society of...