10/05/2026
West Texas produces more oil than most countries. That doesn't happen by accident, and it doesn't happen without the companies most people never hear about.
Big D isn't drilling the wells. We're building the pits, running the water, moving the pipe, and keeping the power on that make it possible for someone else to. Pit lining since 1977. Water transfer since 2015. Automation, generators, and everything in between added along the way as the Permian changed.
Three generations of one family have run this company through every version of this industry, the booms, the busts, and the slow years in between. The work looks different than it did in 1977. The reason we're still doing it doesn't.
National Energy Awareness Month is a good reminder that energy security isn't an abstract policy conversation. Out here, it's diesel trucks, earthmoving equipment, DAF units, and crews who show up before the sun does. That's what keeps the Permian running, and the Permian is a big part of what keeps the lights on everywhere else.