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Oil & Gas Industry: A Year In Review
Greetings everyone! We at Texas Flange hope y'all are havin' a mighty fine holiday season. To say the least, 2019 been a huge year for the oil industry. Over the course of this here blog, we're fixin' to review a few k
Delays, Restrictions, and Costs. Lordy! Oil in 2020?
Last week, The Government of Iran announced the discovery of a new drillin' site on the western side of the country. Them estimates, given by current president Hassan Rouhani, could lead to an addition
Texas Flange And How We Harnessed The Power Of The Sun
Over the course of 2019, Texas Flange started switchin' our sales office over to solar power. Right here we're sharin' the why, what, and how of dat whole process. We're hopin' that by tellin' our story we can help out others wh
Shale Is The New Black; Relief for Permian Bottleneck?
Hilcorp Energy Acquisition Jeffery Hildebrand recently announced (a Houston, TX native I might add) his company Hilcorp Energy Co. is buyin' up an assortment of older Alaskan wells and pipelines from
Hammerstones To Flanges: The Bronze Age
The Bronze Age kicked off around 3000 BC when early man started workin' heavily with metals, particularly bronze. Stone tools and weapons soon gave way to newer, stronger bronze variations. Durin' this tim
Hammerstones to Flanges: How Man and Metal Have Co-Evolved
Throughout the evolution of the human condition, we've relied mighty heavy on discovery and innovation to survive. Ancient societies used stone and eventually metals to make tools and weapons, and the
Tropical Storm Barry And How It Affects Oil & Gas
Last Friday, July 12th, we all was mighty concerned for all our friends out in the Gulf and for all of those in the direct path of “Tropical-Briefly Hurricane-Storm Barry”. While we're still prayin' f
The Risin' US-Iranian Conflict: Timeline & Possible Effects
It's mighty important to explain the events leadin' up to the current US-Iranian tension, as well as what dat tension could mean for the future. There ain't no great segue into this, so without further ado… L
Chevron VS. Occidental Petroleum Merger
Locally speakin', there's been a bit of a biddin' war over the Anadarko Petroleum merger between Chevron and a relatively “small” oil company called Occidental Petroleum. To put it into perspective,
What Y'all Need To Know – Rare Earth Metals In Danger?
Back in 2017, the US opened up an investigation into Chinese trade policies. As a result, the US slapped tariffs on billions of dollars' worth of Chinese products last year. This here action dat garnered a comparabl
15 Forgotten Revolutionary Technologies Dat Was Ahead Of Their Time
Greek Fire Greek Fire, basically a primitive form of Napalm, started out in Greece, but they used it to mighty great effect in naval battles durin' the Byzantine Empire. Dat's 'cause it could not only float
6 Mighty Fine Ways To Reduce Stress
In a 2011 study from the American Institute of Stress, 80% of workers reported feelin' stressed on the job, and about half of 'em felt they needed some help learnin' stress management. In a similar sur
Bring In The Bulls! Crude Oil Prices On The Rise
Let’s get out of our comfort zone and talk about the US Economy for a minute. Now dat we got some data, the United States GDP annual growth rate has been confirmed at 2.9%. With dat bein' said, the
Texas Flange Pays It Forward — 2019
12/2/2019 ‘Tis the season, y'all! Texas Flange and Pearland Coffee Roasters are once again callin' on you to like, comment, and share our post and challenge us to make our biggest donation yet! Camp Ho
Underestimated Growth In US Oil Production
Back in January we was talkin' about the record high United States oil production reached in 2018. Now, we're a few months into the new year, and the U.S. ain't showin' no sign of slowin' down… Predictions Based
Star Flanges?
In this day and age, we use metals in nearly every aspect of our lives, and it's mighty hard to imagine a time without their impact on our society. We use 'em for anything from industrial pipin' and flange
JERRY FULLER OUR FOUNDER
1942-2012 – Jerry Fuller – Founder Texas Flange. Now Jerry Fuller was the founder of Texas Flange, yessir. He was hired right out of High School into a company dat specialized in cathodic protection and from
USA Energy Independence?
Near the end of 2018, United States Oil and Natural Gas Production reached a mighty record high, 11.54 million barrels per day, somethin' we ain't seen since the 70’s, and it sure don't appear to show signs of slowin' down movin' towa
