Interview: U.S. Congressman Kevin Cramer
Interview: U.S. Congressman Kevin Cramer Gives an overview of how the energy industry will look under a Trump administration. Cramer talks oil, gas and coal.
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Issue: November-December 2016
Letter from the Publisher (November-December 2016)
Safety is a key component to everything we do in the oil and gas industry, whether it’s on-or-offshore. Most of the time safety measures are only reviewed when we are faced with handling dangerous equipment that could do us harm or damage equipment. However, as we know, health, safety, and environmental concerns are all around us throughout the day. I’ve…
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One of the First Traffic Lights, Main Street, Houston, 1920s
Photo courtesy of The Sloane Gallery, Houston, TX. Image for sale at www.sloanegallery.com or call 281-496-2212
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Shell Gas Station 1930s
Photo courtesy of The Sloane Gallery, Houston, TX. Image for sale at www.sloanegallery.com or call 281-496-2212
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A Moving Target
Finding the Right Safety Culture for Boom or Bust Work hazards in oil and gas abound — fire and explosions, falls, chemicals, machinery, and remote work sites come together to make the industry one of the most dangerous in the U.S. In 2014, the year for which the most recent compiled safety data is available, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’…
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Oilman is Partnering With The Following Events
Lafayette Oil and Gas Convention Cajundome 444 Cajundome Boulevard Lafayette, LA November 9-10, 2016 http://roselandoilandgas.com 2nd Annual Oil and Gas Supply Chain & Procurement Summit Omni Houston Hotel at Westside 13210 Katy Freeway Houston, TX December 6-7, 2016 https://energyconferencenetwork.com Mid-Continent Digital Oilfield Conference Renaissance Tulsa Hotel and Convention Center 6808 S 107th E Ave Tulsa, OK January 25-26, 2017…
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America Needs America’s Natural Gas!
The 26th Annual IEPC energy policy conference is planned to be held in Detroit in 2018. Recently, I visited there and the “energy buzz” in Detroit seems to be focusing a great deal on fuel cells, electric vehicles, and natural gas vehicles. When it comes to fuel cells, natural gas will be a main source to obtain hydrogen, which is…
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Bringing ‘Big Data’ to the Oil Field
The oil and gas industry is drowning in data. Oil & gas operators routinely collect various kinds of data: flow rates, temperature, pressure, drill speed, failure rates, subsurface characteristics and more. But how is the industry putting this data to work? New analytical techniques drawn from the fields of statistics and computer science can help oil & gas companies make…
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The Close: Focusing on Relationships
My last article The Art of Business Development has garnered a lot of attention in the oil and gas acquisition and divestiture community for the past two months. And it wasn’t because my views on business development are groundbreaking or new. It actually caught fire because of what Beachwood does, day in and day out: we develop relationships and close…
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