New program created in light of local energy industry demand for employees.

It’s a story as old as commerce: A manufacturer sees a promising market and jumps in.

Spring has finally sprung up here in the North country, after a winter that seemed to drag forever.

CEO says acquisition boosts "growing vertical turbine products leadership position."

Vermeer says product "satisfies a growing need in the oil and gas industry."

Camera works in boreholes from 2 to 16 inches in diameter.

Daniel Ortuño pulled a small piece of Texas history from a shelf in a building at the University of Texas at Austin. The yellowing piece of paper said that on Dec. 19, 1951, John L. Boyd began drilling a 1,350-foot-deep oil well through 17 layers of shale and limestone in Crockett County in southwest Texas.

Hands-on experience is a necessary lesson for all disciplines, and drilling is no exception. 

I think a lot about training and thought about it again as I read freelancer Aaron Foley’s article this month (page 32) on a gas well simulator at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pa.

Stewart & Stevenson serves oil and gas drilling, other markets with equipment rental, service.