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2901 Ocean Park Blvd Ste 123
Santa Monica CA 90405

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Posted: 2013-03-14, 6:30PM PDT

Edited: 2013-03-14, 6:30PM PDT

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Eagle Ford boomtown honors its history

The La Salle County Courthouse reopened this year after a major restoration. The 1931 tan brick Moderne structure is the last courthouse designed by famed Texas courthouse architect Henry Phelps. (Photo by Tom Reel/Express-News) The La Salle County Courthouse reopened this year after a major restoration. The 1931 tan brick Moderne structure is the last courthouse designed by famed Texas courthouse architect Henry Phelps. (Photo by Tom Reel/Express-News)

Today it’s one of the Eagle Ford Shale’s biggest oil boomtowns.

But Cotulla started as a gritty railroad stop in the 1800s — the sort of Wild West outpost where historians say that conductors shouted, “Cotulla! Everybody get your guns ready,” as they pulled into town.

This week the city, which was founded on 120 donated acres along the International-Great Northern Railroad, earned a designation that honors its history.

Downtown Cotulla got an official Texas Historical District Marker, with the National Register of Historic Places, the Texas Historical Commission and the U.S. Department of the Interior recognizing the district bounded by Kerr, Market, Tilden and Carrizo streets as a significant part of Texas history.

The city of held a dedication ceremony Friday.

La Salle County is one of the busiest drilling areas in the Eagle Ford and Cotulla again has become a transportation hub.

Cotulla is located along the now-crowded Interstate 35, which hums with truck traffic, and in the last few years the Gardendale Railroad south of town has transformed from having virtually no track to being a major industrial and logistics site.

But even as oil has brought new money into the region, local officials have worked to earn the historic designation.

And earlier this year, La Salle County completed the restoration of its 1931 Moderne-style courthouse, the last Texas courthouse designed by architect Henry Phelps.

- Jennifer Hiller


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Rig Manager - Parker Drilling Company - Mexico, MO

Parker Drilling Company
Job Description
Job Title: Rig Manager

SUMMARY

The Sr. Rig Manager and Jr. Rig Managers share the same responsibilities with the exception of the Sr. Rig Manager working days and the Jr. working nights. They coordinate the work of the crews on each rig and the work of any additional crewman or technicians that may be assigned to the rig.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.

-- Must maintain a safe working environment, keep the rig pollution free, and have a knowledge of regulatory compliance.

-- Coordinates safety meetings and pre-job safety meetings.

-- Must have excellent well control skills, sustains the upkeep of rig equipment and suggests improvements, and maintains the paperwork (including morning reports, IADC daily log report, etc.)

-- Keeps the superintendent updated on operations; inspects for hidden hazards, inspects lifesaving equipment and safety equipment; plans job repair and maintenance; and helps coordinate rig move with staff, managing staff.

-- Must be able to perform First Aid/CPR.

-- Must know everyone's fire and abandon station and be sure everyone else is also aware of their station.

-- Must take a defensive driving class, and able to be firm (but understanding) to all personnel.

-- Plans various rig activities such as repairs, daily maintenance of drilling fluids, rigging up or down, etc. Sees that activities are coordinated with a minimal loss of time or effort.

-- Orders rig supplies, parts, and materials -- anticipating and requisitioning each item so that required items are on hand when needed.

-- Communicates with Drilling Superintendent on all matters of special significance.

-- Responsible for compliance with all government regulations.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

-- Overall Supervisor of the rig.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
-- Must possess a High School diploma.
-- Must possess at least 5 years experience.

* Duties and responsibilities may be added or changed at any time at the discretion of your manager, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

-- Must possess good oral and written communication skills.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

-- Must possess basic math skills.

REASONING ABILITY
-- Must possess excellent reasoning ability.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

-- Must be certified to perform First Aid/CPR.
-- Must have passed a defensive driving class.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Sitting, standing, walking, lifting materials (maximum 100 pounds), carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing stairs, climbing using legs and arms, balancing, stooping, kneeling, repeated bends, crawling, reaching high and low, and repetitive twisting or pressure, involving wrist and hands. Hearing, seeing (including depth perception and peripheral vision), ability of rapid mental coordination simultaneously. Must be able to tolerate continuous vibrations and elevated noise levels as well as tolerate wearing personal protective equipment, including, but not limited to, a hard hat, steel toed safety shoes, hearing protection, respirators, safety glasses, goggles and full body harness. Mentally alert for entire regular shift.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This position works in various locations – both in the U.S. in internationally. In international locations, may be subject to extreme temperatures, hostile environments, civil unrest, etc. Also, travel to and from work location may require extended layovers in unfamiliar locations. Exposure to temperature changes, wetness, confined spaces, chemicals, grease and oil, working with ladder/scaffold, working with hands in water, and working alone. Parker Drilling Company will supply adequate training and equipment to meet the functions of the job. FLOORHAND
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Posted: 2013-03-14, 7:14PM PDT

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A preview of Houston’s bid for the 2017 World Petroleum Congress

Tours of busy drilling sites in the Eagle Ford Shale will be part of the package Houston is offering in its bid for the 2017 World Petroleum Congress. (Jerry Lara/San Antonio Express-News) Tours of busy drilling sites in the Eagle Ford Shale will be part of the package Houston is offering in its bid for the 2017 World Petroleum Congress. (Jerry Lara/San Antonio Express-News)

Even in a city where energy conferences are held almost every week, one event has eluded Houston’s grasp for decades. But the city is in the running to host the World Petroleum Congress in 2017.

The event is organized by the London-based World Petroleum Council, made up of 65 member countries, which describes the meeting as the Olympics of the oil and gas industry.

J. Gerardo Uria, director of general membership for the American Petroleum Institute, earlier this month identified the other contenders as Instanbul, Turkey; Copenhagen, Denmark, and Astana, Kazakhstan.

Member countries will vote during an October meeting in Calgary, Alberta, said Galen Cobb, chairman of the U.S. national committee for the World Petroleum Council.

He said Houston can offer things no other city can, including tours of the city’s energy companies and the nearby South Texas shale fields and online, real-time access for people who aren’t able to attend.

The World Petroleum Congress is held every three years, a gathering of thousands of top-level executives of international oil companies, national oil companies and service companies. Houston also bid for the 2014 meeting, losing out to Moscow by just a few votes.

Houston last hosted the event in 1987, also the last time the gathering was in the U.S.

Jorge Franz, vice president of tourism and international group sales for the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the agency decided four years ago to pursue international meetings more actively. At the direction of Mayor Annise Parker, the effort focused on the city’s key business sectors: energy, medicine and aerospace.

The Congress typically draws 5,000 to 10,000 delegates, although Franz said attendance could climb to 12,000 in Houston.

Parker helped present Houston’s bid for the 2014 event, pitting Houston against Moscow and Bogota, Colombia.

“We learned a lot,” Franz said.

The World Petroleum Council, which says its member countries produce and consume 95 percent of the world’s energy, describes its triennial meeting as the Olympics of oil and gas because of the scale of the event. But Franz said the decision-making for the host city is like the Olympics, too.

“It’s an electronic vote,” he said. “You literally sit in front of all the countries that attend the vote. You make your pitch, and they have a live vote. It’s a secret vote, but you see who gets what, and you know right away.”

Each city submitting a bid has to have the support of the chairman of the national committee, and Cobb, vice president for industry relations at Halliburton, said Houston’s bid really is a U.S. national committee bid.

The Congress met in Doha, Qatar, in 2011. Cobb said after the 2014 meeting in Moscow, there may be interest in moving it to the Western Hemisphere; that, coupled with international focus on the North American shale plays and western technology, should give Houston’s bid a boost.

“We see it every day with visits from international countries, national oil companies coming to learn about how we’re doing it in the United States,” he said. “The shale plays, they’re all over the world.
As we develop those here, it’ll definitely develop into resource plays all over the world.”

“It’ll also have huge geopolitical repercussions,” he said. “What does it mean for OPEC? What does it mean for U.S. national security? All of these are game-changers.”

But Houston has some other things going for it, too, Cobb said, including new hotel developments downtown. The city’s bid calls for the conference to be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center across from Discovery Green, an area where developers have announced several new hotel projects.

That will take traffic problems out of the equation, Cobb said, allowing Houston to offer 6,000 to 9,000 hotel rooms within walking distance of the conference.

The city’s 2014 bid drew concerns that international delegates would have problems getting visas, but Cobb said the team has been assured the issue has been addressed.

“No one can guarantee everyone in any country can get a visa, but if you meet the requirements, you should be able to come,” he said.


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