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Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Chevron to lay off 125 employees July 1, could Permian Basin be affected?
EDITOR'S NOTE: the above video is an airing of Powering the Permian, May 7, 2025. Watch ABC Big 2 news and FOX 24 news, Wednesdays for a new segment. ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Thursday, oil-giant, Chevron announced it would be laying off 125 employees from the Denver, Colorado office starting July 1, 2025. This is part of their announcement in February that they would cut their workforce by 15-20% this year. This comes as oil prices dropped to a 4-year-low, sitting at just over $60/barrel Tuesday. In a statement to Chevron Employees in Colorado Trudi Lewis Boyd, Chevron's corporate affairs manager, said in an email quote 'A number of Denver positions will move to the company's headquarters in Houston as part of the reorganization.' We've reached out to Chevron's Permian Basin location in Midland to see if local jobs would be impacted and have not recieved a response. This is a developing story. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Trump orders 'Proficient English' for truck drivers, Permian Basin workforce could be affected
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Thousands of truck drivers come through the Permian Basin on any given day, but could that number soon change after a recent executive order from President Trump? To watch the on-air version of Powering the Permian – CLICK HERE April 28, 2025, President Donald Trump issued 'Enforcing commonsense rules of the road for America's truck drivers' executive order. According to The White House, the purpose of the order is to provide quote a 'non-negotiable safety requirement for professional drivers. They should be able to read and understand traffic signs, communicate with traffic safety, border patrol, agricultural checkpoints, and cargo weight-limit station officers. Drivers need to provide feedback to their employers and customers and receive related directions in English. This is common sense. That is why Federal law requires that, to operate a commercial vehicle, a driver must 'read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.' Yet this requirement has not been enforced in years, and America's roadways have become less safe,' end quote. According to labor statistics from Zippia, the most common ethnicity of truck drivers is: White (59.8%) Hispanic or Latino (18.6%) Black or African American (12.8%) Other races (8.8%) Here in the Permian Basin, James Beauchamp, President of MOTRAN tells ABC Big 2's Chris Talley, while enforcement is important, there are bigger problems that exist out on the road. 'Over the last 4 years, it really hasn't been enforced, but from the perspective, we weren't going to put somebody out of service over just that,' Explained Beauchamp. 'If you look at 2024 at commercial motor vehicle inspections that took place in the Permian Basin, over 40% of those trucks went out of service just on the condition of the truck and you had anywhere between 17 and 20% going out because of the driver either not following log hours or – in a lot of cases, not licensed, maybe, no CDL License maybe no license period,' said Beauchamp. Congressman August Pfluger, (Rep.) 11th District, a representative of the Permian Basin Told ABC Big 2's Chris Talley, President Trump 's administration aims to enforce a law that has been widely ignored. 'What President Trump has tried to do is reestablish the rule-of-law, which I think this executive order gets to the heart of the rule-of-law, especially with many of the illegal immigration issues that we saw over the last 4 years,' said Rep. Pfluger. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to Yourbasin.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
SNEAK PEEK: DiamondBack Energy's vision for 2025
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Check out our exclusive sneak peek of ABC Big 2's Chris Talley's one-on-one interview with DiamondBack Energy's President and CFO, Kaes Van't Hof as he talks about the company's future plans of growth in 2025. Catch the full-length interview in an all-new Powering the Permian on March 26. Hear Van't Hof speak about recent mergers and acquisitions of other local West Texas oil and gas companies and DiamondBack's nearly 2 decades of growth. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-03-2025
- Yahoo
Texas mother helps launch drunk driving campaign in honor of son's death
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Drunk drivers in Texas will now have to pay child support if they kill a parent or guardian, according to a recently new law passed by Gov. Abbott in September 2023. House Bill 393, Known as 'Bentley's Law' says anyone convicted of intoxication manslaughter must pay restitution. Payments must be made until the child reaches the age of 18 and or graduates from high school, whichever is considered later by the state of Texas. ABC Big 2's Chris Talley spoke with Pamela Edwards, a Brazos Valley mother who lost her 25-year-old son, Dillion Davis on August 9, 2014, in a single car crash in Crawford, Texas. Since 2020, Edwards has made it her mission to keep Dillion's name alive by speaking about by spreading awareness about the dangers of Drinking and Driving. She uses her platform with The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension to help educate and prevent tragic stories like this from happening to other families. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
2025 Permian Basin Water in Energy Conference kicks off in Midland
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – The 2025 Permian Basin Water in Energy Conference kicked off Tuesday. This is the 7th year of the conference, bringing together industry leaders to help collaborate and spark innovation for improved management, recycling, and beneficial reuse of water in Oil and Gas production. CLICK HERE to watch the on-air segment of Powering the Permian. ABC Big 2's Chris Talley caught up with Robert Crain, Executive Vice President of Texas Pacific Water Resources and the 2025 Board Chair for the Conference as he says why water is key in Permian Basin oil production. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
