Houston petroleum giant ConocoPhillips never realized just how much people loved their balls.Not "their balls" in the sense of the guts it takes to charge four bucks a gallon for gas (Am I right or am I right, people?!), but their balls as in the red, round "76" signs that dot their gas stations.ConocoPhillips is updating its look and losing the balls. And that has pissed off some people, mostly in California, who grew up entranced by the rotating signsA Wall Street Journal blog notes that the c
Allegations that the CEO of an energy company dropped his pants during a work dinner, tried to force his way into the hotel room of a woman colleague and stole the woman's cell phone in order to place sexual prank calls may be bunk, but at least they've got a bit of punch to them.The former Chief Operating Officer of Glacial Energy Holdings, Amparo Gasca, is suing her former company in Houston federal court for allegedly creating such a poor and hostile work environment she felt forced to qui
photo courtesy of beckstir01 Kidnappings, pipeline bombings and vigilantism has become a way of life for both offshore oil workers stationed along the coast of Nigeria as well as the oppressed native insurgency groups who carry out the violence.
(Check out this week's feature about one Texan's remarkable survival experience after being kidnapped by militants and held hostage in the Nigerian jungle for three weeks).
Since many of the offshore companies are based in Houston, a good number of
​It was a case that ended as strangely as it began.
In April, Hair Balls told you about a lawsuit filed in Houston federal court aimed at Glacial Energy Holdings alleging that its CEO in 2007, Gary Mole, dropped trou at a work dinner, tried to force his way into the room of Amparo Gasca, who was supposedly the Chief Operating Officer, and then stole her cell phone to make sexual prank calls. The lawsuit against the company claimed that Mole created a hostile work environment forcing Gasca to
