Brian Alfaro, Founder and President

A community is made up of the people who live in it. That’s all the people, and not just those who have no impairment. The intellectually disabled face challenges every day and one of them is the old label of being  “different” from all the rest. Special Olympics Texas knows that the intellectually disabled are [...]

“You win with people,” was a favorite saying of the football coach Woody Hayes. It was true on the football field and it is true also in the work area. Smart managers understand that they cannot do it alone. They need to have a dedicated and enthusiastic work team behind them in order to succeed [...]

There is no leadership gene in a person’s DNA. No one is born with these traits and leadership skills must be learned. Instruction may take place in the classroom or in real life situations. Regardless of where or when, what is important is that lessons learned are remembered and implemented. One of the most common [...]

Oil and natural gas exploration has a tempting allure for many people, but a serious investor has to look at all the angles and weigh the pros and cons of investing in black gold. Investing in these forms of exploration do have sizable risks, and a dry well is not uncommon. Fortunately for an investor, [...]

There are several companies involved in drilling at the Eagle Ford Shale location. These companies are responsible for maintaining the drilling sites and distributing the resources that are extracted from the earth to other dealers. The number of companies involved with shale oil drilling dramatically increased once concerns began to rise as gas prices went [...]

As more people become interested in shale exploration and the many benefits that it can provide to the United States as well as other countries, more information becomes available about how the process works and how switching to natural gas as a main source of energy can be a huge benefit to you and your [...]

Shale Drilling is a process that uses rotary techniques in order to extract natural gas from shale beds that lie underneath the earth. This is also commonly known as horizontal drilling because, unlike the typical vertical style of drilling for fuel, horizontal drilling allows for a single-surface well to branch out underground extending itself in [...]

Searching for new sources of oil is a vital part of energy development. Development of new sources of oil may come under three headings: locating new sources of petroleum under the earth’s surface (including under the oceans), developing ways to make oils from renewable vegetable products, and looking outward to interplanetary sources. Clearly, some of [...]

Before beginning development of an oil well or any other sort of drilling, it is essential that the company or individual apply for permits. On-shore permits are issued through various state agencies. For example, in New York, drilling permits are issued through the Department of Conservation. In Texas, drilling permits are issued through the Railroad [...]

Capping an abandoned or dry well is an important part of the oil well industry. Unfortunately, it does not seem to be well understood – or well done. EcoHearth published an article in August 2011 claiming that there were 2.5 million abandoned wells in the US alone, many of which are leaking sludge into the [...]