The Senate has unanimously confirmed President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Energy Department.  More »

Welcome to “Building Hydrocarbon Bonds!” I’m David Vaucher, the lucky author of this new “Voices” column in FuelFix.  More »

Gov. Rick Perry made a rare appearance on the Texas House floor to honor shale drilling pioneer George Mitchell, whose innovations led to the current oil and gas drilling boom that has boosted the state’s bottom line.  More »

Anyone taking MetroRail to the Offshore Technology Conference this week probably saw Craig Holtzclaw setting up his own booth alongside the Reliant Center stop. But unlike the booths inside Reliant Park, Holtzclaw’s was selling a particularly off-beat brand of politics.  More »

It’s an old but popular marketing technique; people like to have their picture taken, especially in front of a big drilling platform.  More »

Add food trucks to the list of things that people are lining up for at OTC this year. There are some new additions, along with old reliables like pizza and burgers.  More »

Ken Arnold is the 2013 recipient of the OTC Distinguished Achievement Award, given for technological, humanitarian, environmental and leadership contributions to the industry.  More »

For the last few years, along with a bunch of other folks, I’ve been receiving the web blasts of Mieko Mahi, an unusually named photographer who works in the oil and gas industry. Eventually I met her, entirely accidentally, and we struck up an acquaintance. I was impressed by her work, but I was even more intrigued by what motivates her, what makes her tick.  More »

After representing the National Rifle Association in heated fights over gun control — including some policy debates inspired by the school shooting in Newton, Conn. — Christopher Rager now is moving to the American Petroleum Institute.  More »

Noble Energy is shifting its organizational structure to better support the growth it expects over the next few years, as well as to develop its leadership team.  More »

Sen. Max Baucus’ decision to retire sets in motion a chain of events that could end with Sen. Mary Landrieu taking the helm of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, putting the Louisiana Democrat in the driver’s seat for big debates on offshore drilling and natural gas production.  More »

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s largest mining company, named diamond unit president Tim Cutt to succeed the retiring Michael Yeager as head of its petroleum division as part of a senior management shakeup.  More »