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Tracy Bentley
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Permian Strategic Partnership (PSP), a collaboration of local communities and oil & gas companies in the Permian Basin, based in Midland, Texas.
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Aug 29, 2026
Episode 24
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Sam SledgeGUEST
There's lots of other things going on that I think are a little bit more what I call blocking and tackling around road safety and health and wellness that are a little bit harder to see, but I think are really going to pay dividends.
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9:00Tracy BentleyGUEST
Let's go back, Sam, because I remember when PSP was brand new, I think I had been here not even a year yet, and people said, you really need to sit down with Sam Sledge.
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9:11Tracy BentleyGUEST
Not only because he's the CEO of ProPetru, but because he's a leader in our community and people listen to him, and we want him at the table to help make these decisions.
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Sam SledgeGUEST
I mean, um, And these guys are all stars, and I'm super thankful to be able to spend as much time with them as I get to.
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25:33Brad SwailHOST
Are there, are there any challenges with that, with this growth that's happening? I mean, you know, with the increase in production and, and we've, we've alluded to it and talked about it specifically the, the, as that increase grows over the next 10 years and beyond, you know, what does that feel like? What are the challenges that the Permian Basin, that locals are facing? Not necessarily, you know, I mean, certainly someone sitting at the head, you know, head of the board or maybe just a, you know, a local family that is just trying to work and live and survive.
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26:04Tracee BentleyGUEST
Well, with, uh, the great American Renaissance or, um, the invention of, uh, fracking, our infrastructure did not keep up with that growth.
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26:24Tracee BentleyGUEST
They, uh, they can't handle the volume that they see on them now, and quite honestly, the design doesn't make sense for, for the kind of activity that, that we're seeing on them.
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38:05Brad SwailHOST
So, uh, if you're recruiting someone from, say, Dallas or Houston to come build a career in the Permian Basin, what's the pitch?