Whiting supports Food Bank of the Rockies

When I returned from my last business trip to Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas, I had a message from Carla Wilson of Whiting Petroleum Corporation asking to use some oil and gas photographs in Whiting's cookbook being created as a fundraiser for Food Bank of the Rockies.

Food Bank of the Rockies (FBR) was founded in 1978 and serves an area where nearly 400,000 people live in poverty and struggle to meet their basic food needs. Almost half of them are children. Since 1996, Whiting has raised more than $238,300 for FBR.

For a more information on the cookbook or to purchase a copy, please contact Carla Wilson at 303-837-4225. Try some of the recipes and be sure to check out "More Oil & Gas Terms that Sound Like Cooking Terms ... but Aren't".

Pump Jack Graveyard

On a recent oil and gas photography road trip through Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas, I ended up spending Halloween in Corpus Christi on route to an assignment in south Texas. While Halloween was uneventful, an early drive the next morning (All Souls Day) took me through the oilfield town of Alice where a group of derelict oil pump jacks caught my eye. I just had to stop and photograph this pump jack graveyard with all its interesting shapes and spooky spider webs.