Oilman Cartoon – Summer Hands
Pennzoil, like most oil companies hired petroleum engineer students as summer-hands. These summer-hands can grow into full grown petroleum engineers, and occasionally they can become...
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It’s Time To ACT!
During August of 1992, I was a member of a 20 member delegation on a visit to Russia under the auspices of People to People...
Mainstream vs Midstream – Hydraulic Fracturing
With your help, we’ve set the record straight on all the media’s misleading reporting. Noise from the Mainstream… From NBCNews.com— Fracking wastewater contaminated — and...
Oilman Cartoon – GOM Cutting Platform Maintenance Cost with SPAM
The power of SPAM, and I am not talking about emails. In the time before electronic devices conquered the world, the word SPAM had a...
Jamie Rood, Photographic Artist – A Day on the Rig: Viking
On the morning of the last day of August 2010, returning from my Colorado tour, I left my parents place to head over to the...
Investing in Mineral Rights
The old adage across the plains of West Texas is to “Never Sell Your Mineral Rights!” And for good reason, the ownership of mineral rights...
Haynesville Shale Far From Over
Common thought is that the Haynesville Shale natural gas play is over. Pack up your trucks and move to another shale play. False. What the...
Lights, Camera, Action!
In 2001, I teamed up with Academy Award winning producer Gray Frederickson (Godfather II) to begin a film production company. Since that time, I have...
King Coal is Dying; Prince Oil & Gas is Next
Several years ago, during a period of time when some in the oil and natural gas industry were engaging various environmentalist organizations in discussions on...
Maintaining High Security and Pipeline Peace of Mind
Pipeline security requires a combination of assorted technology systems to maintain control during pipeline initiation, installation, and operation. Sociotechnical systems influences organizational results through first...