Oilman May-June 2021

Sun Coast Resources: Help is on the Way

Long fuel trucks with Sun Coast Resources’ blue, yellow and white logo emblazoned on the sides are a familiar sight to those of us in Texas…

Letter from the Publisher (May-June 2021)

Texas and 20 states filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration in March for canceling the Keystone XL Pipeline. The executive order halted the high-profile pipeline…

Reducing Lifting Cost with End-to-End Commodity Transportation Management

Oil and gas producers may not have control over the direction of their commodity prices, but lifting cost is a lever that can be applied to…

App Puts Safety Lessons in the Palms of Workers’ Hands

While graduating from Texas A&M with a mechanical engineering degree, Dillon Bloodworth never expected that he would later be paving the way with an intuitive app…

Career Downturn Leads to Journey of Discovery

For Connor Albrecht, landing a job in the vice-grip tight oil and gas labor market came down to simple doggedness and inventiveness. After being pink slipped…

Your Oil Field Job Has Been Automated. What Now?

While there are some who may still wax poetic about the days of cassette tapes, CD players and boomboxes, reports show that Gen Z represents roughly…

For ESG Investors, “Clean Fracs” Could Mitigate Environmental Impacts

It is no secret that the upstream oil and gas industry has been under increased scrutiny from environmental, social and governance (ESG)-conscious investors and the public…

Interview with Dr. Ryan Todd, CEO and Co-founder of Headversity

Headversity is a workplace mental health support service that helps employees talk and deal with their mental health, often a frowned-upon topic in industries such as…

LWD Versus MAD Pass Formation Sampling in ERD Wells

In the oil and gas industry, the complex design and engineering of Extended Reach Drilling (ERD) wells, which may have horizontal sections spanning more than 20,000…

The Death of Petroleum Engineering… is an Exaggeration

Despite the advances that renewable sources of energy can provide, the use of fossil fuels is not dead nor is the future for those working in…

Young Professional in the Oil & Gas Industry: Interview with Ahmed Tarabily

Alan Alexeyev: Tell us a little bit about your current (or most recent) position and what you do, as well as how you found a job?…

America’s Energy Reliability

“Creating Together the People’s Energy Plan” was the sub-theme of my book entitled, America Needs America’s Energy. A dependable energy plan is necessary for all of…

Looking to the Future: Carbon Capture and Storage

One industry that will be worth about 1.4 trillion dollars by 2050, and which as of today has reached the significant investment figure of $300 million,…

Facilitating a Safe Work Culture Without Policing It

Achieving the “buy in” mentality of a successful safety culture is a daunting task of epic proportions. It involves persevering through teaching, coaching, mentoring, preaching and…

Oilman Cartoon May/June 2021

Living the Crude Life – May/June 2021

“The electric frac is a fantastic step forward. I don’t think it’ll displace the industry overnight but slowly but surely. You know we have gas ready…