Underground Construction - December 2017 - 2

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EDITOR'S LOG Past, Present And Future

By Robert Carpenter, Editor-in-Chief

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It's been a momentous year for
the company formally known as
Oildom Publishing. But as it fades
into the annuls of its historic past,
the company's progeny are moving
forward with what promises to be
an exciting and equally successful
future.
Third-generation owner Oliver
Klinger left active involvement in
the company on May 1 with the
execution of the formal sale of
Oildom Publishing to Gulf Publishing. Ollie is still serving as a
consultant for two years, sharing
valuable information and advice
with us as needed.
But as significant as the transition to new ownership has been,
personnel changes represent an
equally significant impact - and
opportunity.
Ollie's successor as publisher is
Brian Nessen, another long-term
media professional. He will manage a group that includes Underground Construction, Pipeline & Gas
Journal, Pipeline News, Underground Construction Technology
International Conference & Exhibition and Pipeline Opportunities Conference - basically the old
Oildom group.
Brian brings more than 25 years
of management, sales and marketing experience in business-to-business media and trade shows in oil
and gas, power generation, chemical processing and automotive
markets. His expertise and insight
are a welcome addition to all our
products. Already, his influence is
being felt in a positive manner.
It was 22-years ago this month,
when then publisher Ollie Klinger
and I hired Jeff Share as the new
editor for Pipeline & Gas Journal.
He came to us from a long-term
newspaper background and had
recently just finished an industry
book, The Oil Makers. Also hired
at the same time was another
respected industry veteran, Rita
Tubb, who primarily worked with
Pipeline & Gas Journal, but also

It's been a momentous
year for the company
formally known as Oildom
Publishing. But as it
fades into the annuls
of its historic past, the
company's progeny are
moving forward with what
promises to be an exciting
and equally successful
future.
contributed to Underground
Construction as well.
Age catches us all. Rita retired
a year ago, now it is Jeff's turn to
retire this month. Together, they
were instrumental in breathing new life into Pipeline & Gas
Journal, making it the number
one publication in the oil and gas
pipeline market - by any metric,
no matter what pretenders would
have you think. But now it's time
to move forward with new direction, vision and sense of purpose.
The new Pipeline & Gas Journal
Editor is Joe Hollier. He joins us
with a wealth of experience that
will guide the magazine through
the complicated world of energy pipelines. Joe has served as
manager of corporate communications for three major energy
companies: Boardwalk Pipeline
Partners, Kinder Morgan and El
Paso. Before that, he worked in
front of and behind the news cameras for NBC, CBS and Fox affiliate
stations in Houston. Joe is already
settling in and fits well with our
personnel and corporate culture.

Replacing Rita as executive editor is Jeff Awalt. He started his
career writing for several newspapers, moved over to the Associated Press, and spent time in the
corporate media relations field. He
is an excellent writer and I fully
anticipate that he going to become
a major editorial force on both the
Underground Construction and Pipeline & Gas Journal editorial teams.
In addition to the magazines,
our major trade events, Underground Construction Technology
International Conference & Exhibition and Pipeline Opportunities
Conference are also going through
changes.
First up is UCT 2018 New Orleans which will be held Jan. 30
- Feb. 1. We're very excited to be
coming back to the Crescent City
for the first time since 1996. It's
not that we haven't been interested in returning, but New Orleans
is one of the top three destination
cities in the country, and finding
the right dates has been a challenge.
Attendees will be seeing both
subtle and obvious changes at
UCT. With new ownership, we're
now able to draw upon a wealth of
resources in the trade show markets that will allow us to steadily
grow and improve the event.
It's been a wild couple of years
for Oildom. Much has happened
and we're adjusting to many staff
and cultural changes. But as the
Oildom name fades and we adapt
to our new home, I'm convinced
that the timing for all was perfect.
In the publishing business, success
comes with the right products,
right team and right vision.
Our past has been one of success and industry involvement.
We're on course to continue that
legacy and achieve even greater accomplishments in the future.

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