Energy Roundtable In The Bakken

April 9, 2021 jasonspiess 0

Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, held a roundtable discussion with Bakken energy producers in western North Dakota to review ongoing developments in the region’s energy industry and outline his efforts to maintain America’s leadership in energy production. To this end, Hoeven is […]

Bakken communities may be impacted by budget cuts

February 1, 2017 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Geoff Simon, executive director, Western Dakota Energy Association Simon talks about the Bakken 6-City Study and what the needs are for the Bakken communities.  He also explains what the work being done to ensure the Bakken communities will get the allocated impact aid, despite budget cuts coming from the […]

Full length interview: WDEA exec talks Bakken communities

January 28, 2017 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Geoff Simon, executive director, Western Dakota Energy Association Simon talks about the Bakken 6-City Study and what the needs are for the Bakken communities.  He also explains what the work being done to ensure the Bakken communities will get the allocated impact aid, despite budget cuts coming from the […]

New leadership in the Bakken

November 14, 2016 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Vicky Steiner, executive director, Western Dakota Energy Association Talks about a recent six city study regarding the future growth and investment into the Bakken.  She also talks about the change in leadership for the Western Dakota Energy Association.

Tioga’s New Normal

April 6, 2016 jasonspiess 0

Interview: Todd Thompson, finance commissioner, Tioga, ND For many, Tioga is known as ground zero for the Bakken Three Forks oil play.  For others, it’s where Hess’s natural gas processing plant is.  Now that the “new ground zero” or “hot zone” has shifted around from Williston to Tioga to Stanley […]

Feeling paralyzed by oil prices? Try giving back

February 20, 2015 jasonspiess 0

These days it seems you can’t pick up a newspaper or turn on a radio without hearing about lawmakers, policies and tax codes relating to the Bakken oil fields.  There are many folks these days related to oil and gas scrambling, recalculating and dealing with reality. This reality of volatile […]