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    The oil and gas industry does not overpay people. They pay what is necessary to get the people they need. This is basic economics. I will admit that part of the reason that we have to pay so much money is because of a lack of skilled labor that is caused by the boom and bust cycle. If you can find me people that can do the job I need for less than I'm paying now I'll be glad to hire them. The only way we've been able to find people that will work for less is to go to India.
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    That's not the problem. If business activity is not profitable it stops. It doesn't matter how much money you have. Would you spend it to get oil out of the ground at a loss. Why would these companies throw their money away? They have an obligation to their shareholders not to do that.
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    I work in the downstream business. We are getting a lot of project cancellations. It's not as bad as upstream but there will be layoffs.
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    With $45 oil people are not going to keep moving to Houston.
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    If this is at Woodway and San Felipe then it makes for an interesting story. 1. Existing buildings are torn down for two new condo towers. 2. Developer sits on the site just long enough for the economy to crash and puts off building for years. 3. A boom comes that the developer completely misses out on. 4. The next bust comes and they send out a press release about a new building again. This site must be cursed.
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    Cool shots. My new house is in one of those!
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    What place? I can't tell what you are responding to.
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    Why would people that live in Skyhouse get on 610? I drive around this area all the time and live nearby and I never get on 610. That's for people that live in the sticks and have to drive on highways to work.
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    Maybe he'll change it from Muslim Outreach back to it's core mission.
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    Phillips 66 just cancelled a bunch of midstream projects. Some we in the early stages and others had not been started yet.
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    I always felt like I was in Logan's Run around the Hyatt Regency. There was some filming for that movie done there but I think it was not used in the film.
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    Is there any reason to believe that the nightmare security issues that airports have won't be replicated with high speed rail? What's to keep this from becoming the same as airports where you have to show up an hour plus in advance and go through TSA?
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    The tunnels kept me from getting soaked many times on my way to the office when I worked downtown. If they weren't there I probably would have driven to work so I could park in the garage instead of riding the bus and walking the last few blocks.
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    I show 3D models to clients all the time. If we make them too pretty they complain about us spending engineering hours for something that is not needed.
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    I wish I could like this post 100 times.
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    Same here. I just got a new iPhone and Tapatalk tells me that HAIF is unavailable.
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    Is there a detailed map of the proposed route through Houston available? All of them that I've seen don't show enough detail to see exactly where this might go.
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    Fence is up. The dog walkers just push it aside and continue as the always have.
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    Here's a shot of the dog park from 12.20.2014
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    If you have any evidence of this I'd love to hear it. I'm buying a house in the area and am very interested in news about Regent Square. Its hard to take them seriously after so many years of changing and canceled plans. Their own website's latest news is from 2007.
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    They're back today. This time with a big load of orange barrels.
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    Surveyors were on the lot over the weekend. They left a huge number of orange flags along the right of way.
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    I've been working in downstream engineering since about 1993. So far every time crude prices have gotten low since then it has decimated our industry. I still hold out some hope that things may be different this time. I don't foresee any layoffs in the department I manage anytime soon but that cold change with just one project cancellation.
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    Oil hit its all time high of $147 a barrel in 2008.
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    I've been to Up several times, usually before heading to #s. I've never gotten a table with a good view. I've always worn jeans and didn't feel out of place. It's the kind of place you'll see people like Diane Farb. She was at the table next to me once.
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