The oil patch is heading back to the screen. Landman Season 2 premieres November 16, 2025 on Paramount+, continuing Taylor Sheridan’s gritty take on West Texas—where mineral rights, family tension, cartel money, and energy politics collide below the surface of the boom. Season 1 introduced audiences to landmen, roughnecks, and […]
Crude bound and burnin’, loadin’ black gold down the line West to East Texas, makin’ that pipeline shine Rollin’ outta Midland, sunrise in my glass Big rig hummin’ like a bullet movin’ fast Tank full o’ diesel and a trailer full o’ crude Ain’t no time for stoppin’, I’m […]
The Permian Basin has always been defined by motion — from the slow pump of a jack on the horizon to the roar of a high school crowd under Friday night lights. That energy doesn’t just come from oil. It comes from people. And lately, West Texas has been quietly diversifying […]
The Crude Life founder Jason Spiess took the stage along with Warren Martin of Kansas Strong to keynote the 68th Annual Eastern Kansas Oil and Gas Association’s annual meeting, held at the Prairie Band Casino & Resort in Mayetta, KS. Sharing the stage, Spiess and Martin underscore a larger truth: the future […]
Gasoline (The Ghost of Briscoe) is a haunting folk ballad that tells the story of a forgotten Texas town swallowed by time and silence. Through vivid imagery, dusty melodies, and a deeply nostalgic tone, the song paints a portrait of Gasoline — once a small but thriving community in Briscoe County, […]
“Drill Baby Drill” is a politically charged, high-energy anthem that celebrates the grit, determination, and even the controversy surrounding America’s oil and gas industry. Rooted in the spirit of old school wildcatters and modern shale revolutionaries, the song blends the rough-neck swagger of country rock with the urgency of a protest […]
Out in the bone-dry lands of West Texas, where the sun scorches the oil patch by day and the stars stretch endlessly over scrub and shale by night, a certain kind of woman thrives. These are the women of the rig, the ones who grease the valves at dawn, carry […]
Three Sands is a ghost-town elegy for one of Oklahoma’s most fleeting oil boomtowns. Born on the border of Kay and Noble counties, Three Sands exploded into life when oil was king — then vanished just as fast when the wells ran dry and the schoolhouse closed in 1946. This song […]
The song Kansas Strong is a heartfelt, narrative-driven song that follows the journey of a young couple who face hardship after being laid off. With two kids and uncertain prospects, they move to Kansas for a fresh start, fueled by resilience and hope. The story unfolds through the father’s perspective, capturing themes […]
In a move underscoring Texas’ growing appetite for reliable, on-demand energy, Vistra Corp. has announced plans to build two new natural-gas-fueled dispatchable generation units in the heart of the Permian Basin, adding 860 megawatts (MW) of capacity to the state’s electric grid. The $ investment—part of a broader $ 2 […]
The global energy sector opened the week in classic contradiction — profits up, patience thin, and politics circling every pipe, turbine, and tank. From Shell’s steady trading gains to a new natural gas storage hub in Louisiana, the world’s appetite for hydrocarbons remains unshaken, even as rhetoric leans green. Yet […]
While headlines often chase the newest solar field or battery breakthrough, the week’s most consequential energy stories came from something far less glamorous: methane. From the landfills of Iowa to the bus depots of Pennsylvania, this colorless gas — once treated as a nuisance — is quietly being re-engineered into […]
Every city, from Jakarta to Joliet, faces a paradox: the more modern a community becomes, the more waste it produces — and the more power it demands. Landfills are filling faster than we can build them, while grids strain under the surge of electric vehicles, data centers, and extreme weather. […]
From FERC’s cautious approval in Appalachia to a landfill-powered gas plant in New Jersey, this week’s energy stories all share one throughline: the infrastructure is expanding, but the confidence is tempered. Across every region — from the Delaware Basin to the Siberian frontier — developers, regulators, and governments are trying […]
In response to rising reports of stolen crude, condensate, and fuel products across the state, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) has announced the creation of a new statewide panel — the State Taskforce on Petroleum Theft (STOPTHEFT) — to tackle what officials describe as an “organized and escalating threat” […]
Kinder Morgan’s Mississippi Crossing Project is more than 200 miles of steel in the ground — it’s a test of how energy infrastructure and community dialogue can coexist in a polarized era of energy politics. The company’s Vice President of Public Affairs, Allen Fore, says that while the pipeline’s economics […]
Water is the lifeblood of New Mexico. From our farms and ranches to our families and businesses,every drop matters. As our state faces ongoing drought and rising demand, we must look at every available tool to protect and stretch our water resources. One innovative solution is already taking rootin the […]
Eggs, Ethics and Energy is a heartfelt country storytelling song sung from a female narrator’s perspective. Set in a small-town café tucked deep in the oil patch, the song paints vivid portraits of working people who gather each morning to share coffee, conversation, and quiet philosophy before another day in the […]
“The King of the Wildcatters” is a classic country storytelling song that pays tribute to legendary oilman Thomas Baker Slick. Set against the backdrop of the American oil boom, the song chronicles Slick’s bold pursuit of black gold across Oklahoma and Texas. From humble beginnings and ridicule by skeptics, Slick’s determination […]
Recent activities by Ukraine against Russian refineries, and the incident at the Chevron Refinery in California, are exposing the vulnerability of major Goliath infrastructures being stationary targets for slaying by the David’s in the world. The misunderstanding of “green” delusionists is treating electricity as interchangeable with materials, as it is […]
A recent Scientific Reports article from Nature dives deep into a topic most Americans rarely think about but every oil and gas worker lives by: pigging. These odd-named tools—pipeline inspection gauges, or “pigs”—move through thousands of miles of buried pipe, cleaning, inspecting, and recording the unseen pulse of the energy […]
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