Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
Whatever Happened to the Old-fashioned Texas Oilmen?
They washed the crude off their hands and put on suits and ties. Or sensible blazer-and-skirt combos.
Wildcatters
Boomtown
January 28, 2020
Boomtown, Episode 8: Wild West Texas
The uneasy alliance between ranchers and the oil industry goes all the way back to the early wildcatting days in West Texas. But today, that relationship is more fraught than ever.
Energy
January 20, 2013
That’s Oil, Folks!
Forget the Outer Continental Shelf. There’s a good old-fashioned boom happening in Midland, thanks to a crafty drilling technique that unlocked the secret reserves of the Permian Basin and revived the late, great West Texas oilman.
Energy
January 20, 2013
Made in Midland
Skip Hollandsworth talks about rigs, the trickle-down effect, and the new generation of oilmen.
Business
January 20, 2013
The Texas 100: The Son Also Rises
The moral of Tex Moncrief’s story: Father knew best.
Energy
August 31, 2010
Baby Boom
On October 27, 1900, an Austrian-born mining engineer named Anthony F. Lucas spudded in an oil well on a hill near Beaumont. He’d drilled a previous well in the vicinity to a depth of 575 feet before running out of money and giving up, but this time he’d secured financing
Energy
June 30, 1983
Ask Jett Rink
The quintessential wildcatter fills you in on free enterprise and Texas after oil.
Energy
November 1, 1974
The Wildcatter’s Wildcatter
Glenn McCarthy still roars like a lion.
Energy
November 1, 1974
The Lonely Search for Oil
Of doodlebugs, boll weevils, rockhounds, and wildcatters.