-Originally aired on 05/23/2015-

Episode 16 of "In The Oil Patch"

This week on "In The Oil Patch": host Kym Bolado and her co-hosts Alvin Bailey and Roy Holley dive into the world of fleet management with Jay Gambrell, Commercial Business Development Manager for Ford Motor Company. The reason fleet management is an important subject to cover is because businesses in the oil & gas industry need a means to transport equipment, resources, workers and literally tons of things that normal automobiles would not have the capacity to handle in day-to-day operations. Jay takes us through the myriad reasons which make Ford and Ford Credit the standard in today's business fleets.

On our "Ask The Expert" segment this week, Alvin Bailey (Kahlig Auto Group) asks pertinent questions about the oil and gas industry to our resident expert, Omar Garcia (STEER). Being an economic development expert in Texas, Omar gives us an outline of the impact the oil & gas industry has had on south Texas communities. Omar explains recent job creation including some recent history about how oil & gas has created over 155,000 jobs and has had an $87 billion impact in the region. With such exciting news to cover in this episode, we can't spoil it all here for you - you'll have to stream the whole episode to get all the details.

"In The Oil Patch" is brought to you by SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine and proudly sponsored by the South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER). Stay tuned for more great episodes every Saturday night at 10pm CST on KTSA 550am and 107.1fm!

Photo credit: Ford Motors