Business View Magazine | April 2020

77 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2020 PETROLEUM EQUI PMENT & SERV I CES ASSOC I AT ION resources safely, more efficiently, and with a smaller environmental footprint. Another valuable service that underpins all PESA events, programs, and activities is the opportunity to network across the supply chain, with key customers, and with industry thought leaders. In addition to building relationships with colleagues and clients, events are focused on keeping members up-to-date with trends and issues impacting the industry. “We have multiple events throughout the year,” says Tarpley. “We have a DC fly-in in February; we have an annual meeting in April; and we have dozens of regional, district, and international chapter meetings throughout the year.” Training is a big part of PESA’s agenda. “It would be difficult for individual companies to organize the kind of training that we put together,” Tarpley explains. “We do Oil and Gas 101, which is an intro to the oil and gas industry and we teach this course multiple times throughout the year. A majority of those students are member-company