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A new LLC registers power generation on FM 488 north of Fairfield, Freestone County.

The American Industrialist · Sep 8, 2026
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Crude Code: an MCP server that has Claude pull well data and run deal economics

Point it at a well database, set decline parameters, and get a valuation and a map in chat. Its own README says Claude plays reservoir engineer and the server is the calculator, so the decline curve is still a judgment call.

For A&D analysts and reservoir engineers: get a first-pass valuation in chat, then check the curve yourself.

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A Claude skill that draws process flow diagrams a chemical engineer would accept (68 stars)

Process engineer Scott Duncan packaged plant practice into a skill, so Claude checks its PFD against standards and a review checklist before handing it over, catching errors like an open control loop or a steam coil above the liquid level. The output is an editable SVG plus the script that made it.

For process and chemical engineers: a first draft of a conceptual PFD in minutes, to mark up like any junior engineer's work.