SHALE Magazine

PRESS RELEASE FROM NSIDE PUBLICATIONS

NSIDE TEXAS ANNOUNCES ITS LATEST VENTURE – SHALE MAGAZINE, SOUTH TEXAS’ PREMIERE OIL AND GAS PUBLICATION

SAN ANTONIO –  SHALE Magazine will make its debut July 2013.  As Eagle Ford Shale’s sole publication, the magazine will cater to a broad audience that will range from people within the oil and gas industry to people with a genuine interest in the advancement of oil and gas in South Texas.

CEO of NSIDE Publications, Eliot Garza and Kym Bolado, who has been named Publisher, are both looking forward to the release of Shale’s first edition. Mr. Garza stated, “I am honored to participate in the economic development and education of South Texas.”

Alamo Colleges Launches New Oil and Gas Degree Program

San Antonio, TX
NEWS RELEASE
  Sept. 10, 2013

Palo Alto College now offers oil and gas degree

 Alamo Colleges-Palo Alto College will begin offering an associate degree program in Oil and Gas Technology beginning in the Fall 2013 semester after receiving approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in June 2013.

Oil and Gas Degree

“We will provide highly trained employees for the oil and gas industries in support of the Eagle Ford Shale region in South Texas,” said PAC president Dr. Mike Flores. “Because of our location in south San Antonio, Palo Alto College is poised to become the training hub for oil and gas corporations for the Eagle Ford Shale.”

Students in the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Oil and Gas Technology program will receive training as petroleum pump systems operators, service unit operators, roustabouts and other similar process and production technician positions. Process technicians will be trained to operate petroleum refining and processing units and are expected to earn an average of $23.76 per hour. Production technicians could earn an average of $21.36 per hour and will be able to maintain equipment in the petroleum and natural gas industry.

Wolfcamp Could the World’s Largest Oilfield – Everything’s Bigger in Texas

News Flash – The Wolfcamp Shale in West Texas could be the largest oilfield in the world at 100 billion boe recoverable reserves. Join our new Sister Facebook page:

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Eagle Ford Drilling Rig Components

eagle Ford Oil Rig Parts

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Drilling Rig Components Legend

  • 1. Mud tank
  • 2. Shale shakers
  • 3. Suction line (mud pump)
  • 4. Mud pump
  • 5. Motor or power source
  • 6. Vibrating hose
  • 7. Draw-works (winch)
  • 8. Standpipe
  • 9. Kelly hose
  • 10. Goose-neck
  • 11. Traveling block
  • 12. Drill line
  • 13. Crown block
  • 14. Derrick
  • 15. Monkey board
  • 16. Stand (of drill pipe)
  • 17. Pipe rack (floor)
  • 18. Swivel (On newer rigs this may be replaced by a top drive)
  • 19. Kelly drive
  • 20. Rotary table
  • 21. Drill floor
  • 22. Bell nipple
  • 23. Blowout preventer (BOP) Annular
  • 24. Blowout preventers (BOPs) pipe ram & shear ram
  • 25. Drill string
  • 26. Drill bit
  • 27. Casing head
  • 28. Flow line