Posted on: 10. 27. 23
The holidays are approaching, and it’s time to start planning for family gatherings and watching classic holiday movies. One of our personal favorites is the Jimmy Stewart film, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” In the film, the main character, George gets a special look at what life would be like if he weren’t around, and the consensus is, not great!
We thought it’d be fun to get into the holiday spirit and show how the time filled with joy, togetherness, and celebration just wouldn’t mix without oil and gas production facilities.
As we think about decorating our homes, buying gifts for our loved ones, and prepping dinner with family and friends, it’s easy to get caught up in the magic of it all. But behind the scenes, a vital resource makes the holiday hustle and bustle possible – oil and gas.
No Natural Gas, No Fun
It can get pretty chilly during Texas’s winter season. In fact, many people rely on the fact that natural gas storage exists as an emergency remedy if a winter outage occurs and gas becomes a prime energy source.
From the moment we wake up on a crisp winter morning, oil and gas power the holiday season. Most of us rely on natural gas to warm our homes against the winter chill and get us ready for a day of activity.
Between enjoying holiday lights and charging devices to make memories, the electricity used to make the holidays great is likely generated at power plants fueled by natural gas, coal, or petroleum. So, if our industry disappeared for a season, so would a lot of comfortable moments throughout the holidays.
Gas Literally Fuels Our Intentions
Imagine having to walk or bike to every holiday shopping event. You’d really have to rely on Santa to bring all of the gifts under the tree without oil and gas!
When it’s time to head out for a day of Christmas shopping, oil enables transportation around town. Gasoline produced from crude oil powers the cars, buses, trains, and other vehicles that take us to the shops and bring us home again, loaded with gifts.
Even online shopping depends on deliveries made possible by petroleum-powered planes, trains, and trucks.
Let’s also not forget that gift cards and holiday cash are enabled by oil-derived plastics used to make credit cards and manufacture ATMs.
Imagine Not Being Home for the Holidays!
Yikes! We don’t want to put ourselves in the shoes of many holiday movie main characters. However, the travels that bring far-flung families together every holiday season wouldn’t be possible without oil and gas.
So many dinner table seats would be empty, and so few core memories would get made.
Refined oil fuels make automobile road trips, domestic flights, and international air travel possible. And when heading over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house, oil helps deliver the horsepower in snowmobiles, four-wheelers, snow plows, and other vehicles that transport us there.
Cold Holiday Dinners Would Be Commonplace
Without drill sites and production facilities, the special hot foods we associate with the holidays could eventually become a tradition of the past.
Aside from being unable to bake Grandma’s favorite cookies in your gas oven, there would be even bigger problems in the commercial sectors if gas wasn’t available.
The farm equipment that harvests crops, the trucks that transport them, and the machinery that processes and packages our canned cranberries, vegetables, hams, turkeys, and other holiday staples are powered and manufactured with petroleum products.
The Holidays Just Wouldn’t Jingle Without Oil and Gas
Even beloved holiday traditions like trimming the tree, watching classic movies, and leaving cookies for Santa wouldn’t be possible without hydrocarbons.
Christmas tree ornaments, twinkling lights, festive decor, and holiday baking all involve materials derived from petrochemicals. Holiday classics like “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the film we based this blog on, were recorded on petroleum-based film stock.
And Santa’s late-night travels are powered by reindeer fuel, which science tells us has a surprising amount in common with gasoline!
Keep the Holidays Cheery with Pro-Gas Services.
This holiday season, as we gather with loved ones, experience the joy of giving and receiving gifts, and make memories to carry into the new year, we can pause to appreciate the essential role that oil and natural gas play in making it all happen.
The petroleum industry helps power the experiences and traditions that make the holidays special.
At Pro-Gas Services, we believe energy abundance is something to be thankful for this time of year, as oil and natural gas keep us warm, comfortable, fed, and connected during the most wonderful time of the year.
If you manage a facility or well site and want to make it its best, contact us today to learn more about our equipment availability and nationwide services.
