Basin Permian rigs fall as Baker Hughes counts five fewer
In the week ending Friday Basin Permian oil and gas producers shed five rigs, totaling 136 active in the region. Nationally nine rigs were dropped, bringing total active rigs to 431 with oil rigs at 343 and gas rigs at 88. Plains-West Texas Intermediate closed at 40.25 per barrel, while WTI crude ended at 43.77.
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May 24 runoff election in Ector County commissioner race
Time runs out to register or update your address for the May 24 joint primary runoff in Ector County Precinct 1 Commissioner. Incumbent Eddy Shelton faces challenger Milton Thompson who won 36.26 percent to 28.44 percent in the primary. Early voting runs May 16 to 20. call 432-498-4030 for details.
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Affordable housing plan in Odessa scaled back to 181 units
Odessa Housing Finance Corp plans a 181 unit affordable complex on 87th Street after the school district declined to lease space. Jill Miller aims to break ground in October pending Texas DHCA approval for the revised plan. The project targets renters earning 23 000 to 36 540 dollars annually amid a high need, with about 63 percent of renters earning under 40 000.
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87Th Street
Jill Miller
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Fourth grade team builds scaled Iditarod on campus
Fourth grade students at the Desert Iditarod Academy participated in a Friday morning scaled replica of the Iditarod sled dog race on the UTPB campus. They studied the Alaska race and applied their learning to recreate the event with a class project approach.
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Iditaron at UTPB: STEM Academy mimics Iditarod route
STEM Academy students at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin ran a 2.8 mile altered Iditarod like course called the Iditaron. Teachers and parent volunteers escorted the activity with four wheelers while students learned Alaska facts at checkpoints such as Finger Lake and Ophir.
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University of Texas of the
Finger Lake
Schlumberger cuts about 2500 jobs in 10
Schlumberger announces a workforce reduction totaling about 2,500 positions across its global operations. The move affects multiple units as the oilfield services firm refocuses its business amid market pressures and restructuring efforts.
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Schlumberger trims workforce as profits slump in Q1
Schlumberger NV cut about 2,500 jobs in the first quarter as profit fell 49 percent amid a persistent oil and gas drilling downturn. The company ended March with 93,000 employees from 95,000 at year start, after converting about 5,500 contractors to employees. Net income dropped to 501 million dollars, revenue to 6.52 billion, with North America down 55 percent and international revenue down 28 percent from a year earlier.
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