We've all heard the whispers about what could be on the horizon for San Antonio. What happened yesterday was likely the death knell for that office. Like Tulsa a few years before, some of the employees will be offered transfers to other offices while others will be laid off.
Whether this was the culmination of Alpine, or politics in Houston, or both, this is probably the best thing to happen to this company in years. The impact of that office (and its VP) has destroyed company culture, and we have lost a great many technical experts as a result. When your business depends on a thorough understanding of the subsurface and you think you can lay that at the feet of one individual, this is the kind of thing that happens. Destroyed value in the billions of dollars.