MVP Pipeline and Shell Ethane Cracker Plant Update

July 7, 2023 jasonspiess 0

Jim Willis, owner, Marcellus Drilling News gives an update on the MVP Pipeline project as well as the Shell Ethane Cracker Plant in the Marcellus Utica Appalachian Basin. Willis discusses the MVP Mountain Valley pipeline, a natural gas pipeline that spans 303 miles from West Virginia to Virginia. The pipeline […]

The Crude Life Interview: Dr. Jerry Bailey

March 16, 2018 jasonspiess 0

Dr. Jerry Bailey tells the story of Petroteq Energy on how they are becoming a player in the oil and gas industry due to technology. This one-of-a-kind oil production technology that has the potential to unlock millions of barrels of oil in the oil sands in Utah and Canada. Bailey […]

The Weekly Word: Investing in Shale Play USA

January 22, 2018 jasonspiess 0

The Weekly Word is a weekly high level discussion about energy, quality of life, globalism and the environment.  This week Professor Stephen Heins and Jason Spiess are joined by Tsering Ngudu is a Senior Equity Analyst at Tocqueville Asset Management L.P..    Summary written by Stephen Heins, The Word Merchant.   Jason […]

The Crude Life Interview: McCarthy talks IoT, Big Data in oil and gas

November 14, 2017 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Dave McCarthy, Senior Director of Products, Bsquare McCarthy discusses the technology integration happening in the oil and gas industry and how where companies are finding success. According to McCarthy, Bsquare is an industrial IoT solutions provider that offers data analytics solutions for oil & gas companies, as a sector […]

Downstream energy technology

August 21, 2017 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Sam Cook, managing editor, Oilman Magazin Cook previews several stories featured in the current issue of The Oilman Magazine. Technology uses in downstream and plastic integrated into the field are discussed in detail with Cook.

How frac sand impacts Shale Play USA

June 27, 2017 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Rex Tucker, owner, Compliance Cavalry Tucker talks about frac sand and how it is involved in the fracking process. Compliance Cavalry Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Anew Industrial LLC, an industrial service company that supplies turnkey project and maintenance support to factories, quarries and processing plants across […]

Off shore drilling and shale play technology

May 16, 2017 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Dr. Loren Scott, president, Loren Scott & Associates, Baton Rouge, LA Scott talks about how technology has made off shore drilling more economical in the Gulf of Mexico and how that technology came from shale plays like the Bakken.  He also gives break even oil prices for the Bakken […]

Williams County rigs down 98%

May 17, 2016 jasonspiess 0

Interview:  Lynn Helms, director, North Dakota Dept of Minerals Explains why rig counts are down 88% from the peak, with Williams County down 98%.  Helms said oil companies are using uncompleted wells and inactive wells as tools to manage their cash flow.

A Candid Conversation with Congressman Kevin Cramer

August 11, 2015 jasonspiess 0

U.S. Congressman Kevin Cramer may have the best seat in the house.  By house, I am referring to North Dakota’s economic future ready to explode once again. Only this time, the economic activity won’t be the surprise economic left hook of oil and gas, rather, a 1-2-3 punch from energy, […]