Gulf of Mexico Rigs Lost, Jobs Lost

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  December 22nd at 04:00 PM  | 

Rig Maintenance Supervisor Bill Masters of Trout, LA lost his job with Seahawk, a shallow water rig contractor, last June 23. After 38 years on the rigs, Masters hoped to go back to work fairly quickly; that’s the way it had always happened before. But not this time. Seahawk has laid off 300 workers. Only three of 20 rigs in its fleet are currently working. | Read More »

Why Ken Paxton Should be Texas Speaker, and Why it Matters

By: hogan (Diary)  |  December 17th at 12:35 PM  | 

The race for Texas Speaker is now in full sprint. The finish line will be the first week of January – and it’s time for all good Texans to take action to make sure we have a conservative Speaker of the House. Erick and Drew Ryun have written several posts detailing this fight. Joe Strauss is the incumbent Speaker, having risen to that post two | Read More »