The MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas (Houston) held its annual Business Forecast Luncheon.  The yearly event is always located at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch.  The Fed building is located on Allen Parkway, just west of downtown. The key featured speaker was Dr. John Duca.  Dr. Duca is a professor of economics…

I cannot believe all the talk of war that I hear about on the news.  The language is so foreign to me that I feel like I am from another planet.  I am not an expert on politics; but, I did go to college with some guys who went on to law school to study…

December 19, 2019, Fort Collins, CO—American Innovations, Ltd. (AI) out of Austin, Texas has acquired the assets of CartoPac International, Inc., a leading provider of mobile enterprise data solutions used in gas, electric, and water utilities, oil and gas pipelines, and in many other industries. CartoPac has hundreds of deployments worldwide with thousands of users…

Rank Contributor Total Individuals PACs 1 GEO Group $26,500 $11,500 $15,000 2 Walters Management $20,600 $20,600 $0 3 Fieldale Farms $13,800 $13,800 $0 4 National Distributing Co $12,200 $12,200 $0 5 Home Depot $11,000 $1,000 $10,000 6 Koch Industries $10,500 $500 $10,000 7 GOPAC $10,000 $10,000 $0 7 Majority Cmte PAC $10,000 $0 $10,000 7…

The 5th Annual Frac Sand Industry Update meeting will be held in Houston on January 29.  I know this is a meeting that will be of interest to readers because frac sand is a vital component of the shale revolution.  Once the shale is cracked, something has to hold it together so that it does…

Here are some conferences that may be of interest. Energy Marketing Conference Mar 3, 2020 Houston, TX Utility 2030 Collaborative Nov 17 - 18, 2020 Orlando, FL Find out more here:  https://energymarketingconferences.com/

Refining Community and Coking.com, which produce REFCOMM®, the premier refinery training, conference, and exhibition event, have been acquired by the global metals, mining and fertilizer powerhouse CRU. The organization, which operates Coking.com and Catcracking.com, will operate under the name RefComm®, and will continue to offer unrivaled training and field services in the delayed coking and…

For Immediate Release: December 27, 2019 Increased flaring linked to lack of pipelines and other infrastructure issues; capital discipline likely to hold down spending DALLAS—Energy sector activity dipped again in the fourth quarter, according to executives responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Energy Survey. The business activity index—the survey’s broadest measure of conditions…

Rank Contributor Total Individuals PACs 1 House Freedom Fund $92,850 $85,855 $6,995 2 Freedomworks JFC $21,515 $21,515 $0 3 Koch Industries $12,500 $0 $12,500 4 Dynalab $11,200 $11,200 $0 4 Uline Inc $11,200 $11,200 $0 6 Cooper Farms $10,000 $10,000 $0 6 Pfizer Inc $10,000 $0 $10,000 8 Flaum Management $9,050 $9,050 $0 9 FirstEnergy…