Oil & Gas Regulations

When you were a child, it may have seemed like there were so many rules to follow. Well, because there were! Sometimes (most of the time) those rules just didn’t make sense to you or why your parents had those rules in place. Fast forward to adult life and there are still rules to follow! […]

Even though I am new to the oil & gas industry, I have been around it my whole life. I was born and raised in Houston so naturally, oil & gas terminology is nothing that is new to me. It is a HUGE part of Houston and it seems every other person you ask about […]

If you have read my blogs before, you know where I stand on my feelings toward the oil and gas industry. Shoot, even if you haven’t read my blogs…I WORK in the industry. It doesn’t take much to figure out how I feel about it. But enough about me!  Today, as I sit and think […]

Sadly the oil and gas industry took another kick while down this week. The Obama Administration has decided to not open up Atlantic Ocean waters to off shore drilling in 2017.   I read a lot of different things, some dating back to 2005.  Where offshore drilling money goes and how it gets there is very convoluted. […]

I’m not going to lie to you and say that I haven’t enjoyed the low gas prices.   It has also been nice filling up my Husband’s lifted up  Ford F150 for under 50 bucks.  However, knowing how many friends are without jobs because of the downturn in oil and gas makes my money savings bitter […]

I’m not sure if you know it or not, but BIG things are happening in the world of natural gas! The price of natural gas is still pretty low but that is not slowing down the growth of liquefied natural gas or LNG terminals on the Gulf Coast.  Last year I wrote about the massive LNG terminal […]

While driving into work yesterday I was doing my usual radio channel surfing.  I ended up on one of my favorite morning stations, 88.7 Houston Public Media.  I stayed on the station because the story that I caught the tail end of mentioned my home town of Katy, TX.  More specifically a grocery store I sometimes shop at. […]

Last week’s blog was an overview of how the State of Pennsylvania plans to cut methane emissions throughout their state’s oil and gas industry.  Their Governor, Tom Wolf, and his Environmental Protection Secretary, John Quigley, rolled out their four step plan to ensure that the bustling Marcellus Shale Play doesn’t ruin the air quality for the entire state.  This week I want […]

2016 is starting out just as many predicted, with more regulations being piled onto the oil and gas industry.  One state, in particular, is really cracking down.  Just recently the Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, made an announcement that will affect all oil and gas sites in the state.  And there are a lot.   If you did […]

There seem to be meetings or summits of global leaders quite often.  Well, there was another one recently.  The United Nations Climate Change Conference was very recently held in Le Bourget, Paris.  It ran from November 30 to December 12th. Obviously Mother Earth and how to make her last longer was the main topic of discussion.  All the news […]

When I heard a quick blurb on new radio stating that natural gas companies were going to have to report and document toxic emissions, I really listened up.  I got to thinking and asked myself some questions.  First off where will these reports be documented?  Who would have access to them?  The last thing that […]

I’ve written a few blogs talking out the oil export ban here in the united states. 1975 Ban on Oil Exports in the US So Companies CAN Export Oil…Well Sort Of Senators are working Together to get the 1975 Oil Ban Lifted This will actually be my fourth blog mentioning it.  Why to I keep coming […]

Some of you may follow the oil & gas industry and some of you may not. Either way, it is pretty difficult to know absolutely nothing about what is going on in industry. Someway or another, it seems everyone has either a family member or friend working in the industry. Let’s face it…it is HUGE! […]

Climate Change, Global Warming, whatever catch phrase you prefer to use, they are not going away.  The planet is changing, that, no one can deny.  Why it is changing and what can be done to stop it, if anything, is what is constantly being debated.   The current administration rolled out the Clean Power Plan in […]

I have written about the 1975 Oil Export Ban two times now.  Why do I keep going back to it?  Personally, I think that is something that needs to stay on people’s minds.  By allowing the U.S. to export any oil and gas products, will boost our economy and take power away from OPEC.  Two very […]

Maybe it is just because I am in the industry but talk of crude oil prices are the talk of the town. Even if you have nothing to do with the industry, I am sure you have heard about it one way or another. Whether you heard about layoffs or low gas prices, the low […]