Industry Reacts to EPA Actions
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan: Final Rule released on Aug. 3. EPA’s final rule establishes interim and final CO2 emission performance rates for...
Oilman September-October 2015
Iran Agreement is Two-headed Monster
The U.S. oil market took a drastic fall in November 2014 due to a very specific reason. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided...
Railroad Administration Releases Rule on Unattended Trains
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on July 29 issued a final rule to prevent unattended trains that carry crude; ethanol; poisonous by inhalation and toxic...
Targeted Training with the LWCC Mobile Safety Training Center: Customer Testimony
LWCC delivers classroom-style safety training to its policyholders’ doorsteps. The workers’ compensation carrier offers a mobile safety training center as part of its commitment to...
Q&A with Jason Spiess: Brian Lash – Target Logistics
Brian Lash founded The Target Companies in his college dorm room in 1978. Today, Lash serves as a consultant to Target Logistics on business development...
Nothing Moves Without Energy!
The International Society of The Energy Advocates, “The Energy Advocates,” was founded in 1974, by a group of American oil and gas executives in response...
Why Big Data in M&A Doesn’t Work
The Big Data train is full and is pulling out of the station. If you hurry, the folks on the telephone tell you, you can...
Energy Scene: Oil Patch BBQs
When it comes to intellectual property in oil and gas, arguably the most protected and coveted piece of information isn’t fracking chemistry, it’s the BBQ...
Senate Committee Unveils Energy Policy Modernization Act
The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 22 introduced the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015, a bill that addresses a...