the first word
if
WHAT
Freedom of Speech & Thought
What if you lived in a country where
you had the freedom to say or believe
anything you wanted? What’s that?
You do? If you are in the United
States of America this is your life. Up
until recently I thought that I appreciated my ability to say or think anything. On three occasions this year
I was reminded of my freedoms and
each time I was equally surprised. We
are all living hectic lives focusing on
family and career or building a business. It is easy to take your freedoms
for granted. Regardless of which political party you identify with in the
United States, I am sure that we can
all agree that freedom is something
we should cherish.
any energy sector business is heavily
managed by government. This being the case, the students had never
met anyone who was a landman or
who was an independent oil and gas
company owner before. I was able to
introduce them to two people who
are heavily respected in the oil and
gas community and fit the description. The two welcomed the opportunity to speak with these students.
The meeting went exceptionally well
with the students peppering the two
with question after question on the
differences between the US. Europe
and Asia in order to gain clarification.
During the meeting the two men
spoke to the students about many isA few months ago I had the plea- sues, but one thing in particular stood
sure of meeting with several Euro- out — the lifting of the 1972 Oil
pean and Asian Graduate students Embargo which has restricted US
who were studying Energy Manage- exports of o