‘Pipe Nation’ TV Pilot Casts Oilfield Workers to Show ‘True Oil and Gas Grit’
Natallie Gamble had no problem taking on the role of a debt-ridden, single mom working in the oilpatch in the pilot for a planned new TV series called Pipe Nation.
“This is me. I am ‘Pipe Nation,’” she said with a laugh Monday during an interview with The Canadian Press in Sundre, Alta., a picturesque oil town nestled near the Rocky Mountains.
Rich Spew More Carbon Pollution
Rich Americans produce nearly 25 percent more heat-trapping gases than poorer people at home, according to a comprehensive study of U.S. residential carbon footprints.
Scientists studied 93 million housing units in the nation to analyze how much greenhouse gases are being spewed in different locations and by income, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Residential carbon emissions comprise close to one-fifth of global warming gases emitted by the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.
Using federal definitions of income level, the study found that energy use by the average higher income person’s home puts out 6,482 pounds of greenhouse gases a year. For a person in the lower income level, the amount is 5,225 pounds, the study calculated.
Fort Worth-Area Oil Company Makes ‘Major Discovery’ in West Texas
Thanks to a partnership with a geoscientist in the Permian Basin, a family-owned oil company is celebrating its largest discovery yet: a 13,000-acre field in Val Verde County holding an estimated 417 billion cubic feet, or 74.2 million barrels, in oil and gas reserves.
Barron Petroleum, based in Graham, announced the discovery on Monday after working with scientist William J. Purves on the project since 2018. Using Purves’ 3D seismic model to estimate the location and size of the oil and gas reservoirs, the company confirmed the find by successfully drilling two wells at the site, located about 35 miles south of the West Texas town of Ozona.
Bakken BBQ Grilling Up
Tiffany Steiner and Jackie Jenkin, co-founders of the Bakken BBQ, share their history and gratitude with oil and gas and why the 8th Annual Bakken BBQ means so much this year, despite COVID, oil prices and other issues surrounding energy.
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