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Despite representing the interests of "exploration & production companies" and advocating for Permian Basin fossil fuel extraction, the PBPA claims it encourages producers to "focus on being good stewards of the environment"<ref>https://www.pbpa.info/about/history</ref>
Despite representing the interests of "exploration & production companies" and advocating for Permian Basin fossil fuel extraction, the PBPA claims it encourages producers to "focus on being good stewards of the environment"<ref>https://www.pbpa.info/about/history</ref>
= Habitat Destruction =
== Lesser Prairie Chicken ==
<blockquote>In 2014, FWS (the [[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]]) listed the bird as threatened but protection was overturned on procedural grounds after a lawsuit from the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and four counties. The primary causes of the species’ habitat loss are oil and gas development, cropland conversation, livestock grazing, and roads and powerlines. [[Climate collapse|Climate change]] is another threat to the species’ survival. In 2011, ground temperatures exceeded 130 degrees Fahrenheit, a threshold above which lesser prairie chicken eggs cannot survive.<ref>https://www.dwt.com/-/media/files/publications/2020/06/060120elrjumping-through-hoopa.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2019/lesser-prairie-chicken-02-14-2019.php</ref></blockquote>


= Top Hand Award Banquet =
= Top Hand Award Banquet =

Revision as of 20:03, 4 February 2023

The Permian Basin Petroleum Association (PBPA) is a fossil fuel industry association which has been "serving the oil & gas industry of West Texas & Southeastern New Mexico since 1961."

Founded by "a group of oilmen concerned about the federal government’s growing regulatory role," the PBPA now comprises more than 1,000 member companies.

It boasts on its website of an "outstanding track record for being the oldest and most active association in the region" which provides "access to policymakers" and influence in state (Austin/Santa Fe) and national (Washington D.C.) capitols as an advocate for Permian Basin fossil fuel extraction.

The PBPA claims to undertake "never-ending efforts to protect Permian Basin companies from potentially harmful legislative and regulatory actions"... "in an industry that is continuously assaulted by media, environmentalists, and government."[1][2]

PB Oil & Gas

PB Oil & Gas is the magazine of the PBPA, which it has published since 2006: <https://pboilandgasmagazine.com>

Greenwashing

Despite representing the interests of "exploration & production companies" and advocating for Permian Basin fossil fuel extraction, the PBPA claims it encourages producers to "focus on being good stewards of the environment"[3]

Habitat Destruction

Lesser Prairie Chicken

In 2014, FWS (the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) listed the bird as threatened but protection was overturned on procedural grounds after a lawsuit from the Permian Basin Petroleum Association and four counties. The primary causes of the species’ habitat loss are oil and gas development, cropland conversation, livestock grazing, and roads and powerlines. Climate change is another threat to the species’ survival. In 2011, ground temperatures exceeded 130 degrees Fahrenheit, a threshold above which lesser prairie chicken eggs cannot survive.[4][5]

Top Hand Award Banquet

Award banquet held by the PBPA on an annual basis.

Table of 2018 Sponsors[6]
Diamond Platinum Gold Silver
Concho Resources Apache Corporation Arlen Edgar Burnett Oil Company
Mack Energy Corporation Clayton Williams Energy Basic Energy Services Discovery Operating
Parsley Energy Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. Chi Energy ExL Petroleum
Halliburton Cimarex First Capital Bank of Texas
Henry Resources Community National Bank Frost Bank
Johnson, Miller & Co. CrownQuest Operating JP Morgan
Mewbourne Oil Company CUDD Energy Services Light Tower Rentals
Outrigger Energy Desert Royalty Company Mack Energy Corporation
Permian Crude Transport/BP Energy Partners Elevation Resources Midland College PPDC
Pioneer Natural Resources Encana Corporation / Encana Oil & Gas Outrigger Energy
Post Oak Energy Capital EnergyNet Rockcliff Energy
Redfern & Grover Johnson, Miller, & Co. Texas Capital Bank
Scotiabank Lockton Marine UBS Financial Services
Sm Energy Lucky Services, Inc. Weaver
Tall City Exploration Mack Energy Corporation West Texas National Bank
WPX Energy, Inc. Regeneration Energy Corp Wilbanks Trucking Services
Summit Petroleum
Western Bank of Artesia

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