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Oil Patch Puts Profits Over Pumps (Again)

Oil Patch Puts Profits Over Pumps (Again)

You can always tell when the oil boys start feeling queasy—they park the rigs, talk about “discipline,” and suddenly forget all that tough talk about energy independence. This week, they did just that. Baker Hughes’ latest rig count shows U.S. oil and gas...
Oil Patch Puts Profits Over Pumps (Again)

Permits, Profits, and Pipe Dreams

They keep saying the oil industry is being strangled by Washington red tape. Thousands of drilling permits sitting on desks, unused, collecting dust because of the evil feds and their love for solar panels. That’s the bumper sticker version. One keyboard warrior even...
No Handshake Required

No Handshake Required

They came from different corners of the world, many meeting face-to-face for the first time. They’d known each other by name, by reputation, through debriefs and whispers carried on desert winds. But when they finally gathered at The Four Green Fields—an Irish pub...