Oklahoma-based Devon Energy Announces Plans for Layoffs Amid Energy Downturn
Devon Energy announced plans to layoff workers in the coming months. The company’s CEO Dave Hager made the announcement during an employee town hall meeting...
Oilman January-February 2016
Hurry up n’ wait
Letter from the Publisher The price of oil has been like a bad business partner who’s been on vacation all year. At 10 year lows...
Working the Tongs, West Texas – 1930s
Long before the gas flows from the pump to the car the process of drilling for it has to start. Men made of steel willing...
Foggy Morning Procession Towards the Drilling Site… 1950s
If you hunt, fish or drill for oil in the state of Louisiana you probably are going to do it in or close to...
Terror Risk Will Be Growing Issue for Oil Markets, IHS Says
Geopolitical and terror risk is likely to be a growing issue for oil markets over the next several years, Jamie Webster, senior energy director for...
Forecasting the Price of Oil
Oil is a closely watched commodity, and when its price moves, whole industries and whole economies can be shaped and defined. With the price of...
Jumping Off a Drilling Platform Into the Deep Blue Sea
Every day it seems I hear about how this never-ending oil slump is affecting major corporations worth millions of dollars. But what about “the little...
Refiners Profit from Oversupply of Crude Oil
The collapse of crude oil prices has created massive layoffs in the exploration and production sector of the industry, but the refining and marketing sector...
Q&A with Jason Spiess: Dean Bresciani
North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani is very familiar with energy plays and boom-bust cycles. His previous experiences in Texas, at Texas A&M, allowed...
New Governor Must Address Tort Reform
Tort reform cannot be defined by one law or thought pattern. Tort reform is a coupling of laws and ideas with the intention of reforming...