New Baker Hughes Site In San Antonio

Baker Hughes is in the process of building a new office complex south of San Antonio in Bexar County to serve the Eagle Ford Shale area. The company is reportedly spending over 30 million dollars on the large facility, which will cover 65 acres near the junction of IH-37 and US-181. Although the new Baker Hughes San Antonio office complex is not located in the Eagle Ford shale play, this location provides strategic access to two major interstates, IH-37 and IH-35 which cut through it and US-181, which runs down through the eastern part of the Eagle Ford shale, toward Karnes City. In addition to this logistical advantage, Baker Hughes will be able to draw from a large pool of educated workers in the San Antonio area, as well as have access to an international airport and complimentary industries.  Jobs at the new Baker Hughes facility in San Antonio  will reportedly include positions for geologists, petroleum engineers, administrators, office personnel an other oilfield – related technical positions.

Below are some photos of the new Baker Hughes office site near San Antonio as construction crews install drainage systems and prepare to begin building up the elevation of the land prior to the construction of office buildings. Ironically, the  new oilfield company site is located just across IH-37 from the new  Blue Wing solar project, which features rows of solar panels, generating energy for CPS.

New Baker Hughes complex south of San Antonio

Halliburton has purchased over 150 acres just south of the new Baker Hughes facility in southern Bexar County, near IH-37 and Loop 1604, not far from the location where Weatherford will also build a 17.5 million dollar operations facility.  Competitor Schlumberger has plans for a San Antonio area “supersite” in the coming months. As big as these developments are, it’s just the tip of the iceberg, as chemical companies, oil and gas companies such as EOG Resources,  and many others move in and begin to shape the city’s economic future. The arrival of all these oil and gas heavyweights means that San Antonio, which has struggled to find direction since the closure of so many military bases in recent years, is soon going to become an major oil and gas hub.

Article by Nolan Hart.