Marcil Breaks Down North Dakota’s $3B Federal COVID Stimulus

December 29, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Mike Marcil, entrepreneur and property owner, breaks down the recent COVID stimulus package and what it means to businesses operating in the state of North Dakota. “North Dakota is set to receive over $3 billion in economic assistance from the $900 Billion legislation signed into law on Sunday. After spending […]

Year In Review 2020: Pipeline Security and AI Integration

December 22, 2020 jasonspiess 0

It’s time once again for our Annual Year In Review interviews! Last April 2020, Brad Hollier, MSL Oilfield Services, give an update on how their company is adjusting to the COVID-19 Shutdown and coronavirus pandemic. “…this technology was actually using the smart city grid system that Lockheed Martin developed years […]

Year In Review 2020: International Oil Impacted By COVID

December 21, 2020 jasonspiess 0

It’s time once again for our Annual Year In Review interviews! Last April 2020, John Mensah, Hanks Oil and Gas, gives an update on the COVID-19 Shutdown in Ghana. Mensah describes what their quarantine looks like and how Hanks Oil and Gas is adapting. “…with over three billion barrels of […]

Year In Review 2020: Oil and Gas Will Power The Transition

December 20, 2020 jasonspiess 0

It’s time once again for our Annual Year In Review interviews! Last April 2020, Stephen Heins, The Energy Pragmatist, comments on Whiting Petroleum’s executives receiving millions of dollars in bonuses before filing Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. “… once you go on the Internet you are able to measure and verify consumptions […]

Year In Review 2020: A Decade Long Mineral Battle

December 16, 2020 jasonspiess 0

It’s time once again for our Annual Year In Review interviews! Last March 2020, Josh Swanson, Vogel Law, gives an update on the Wilkinson vs. Board of University and School Lands involving mineral rights and payments in the Bakken and Lake Sakakawea. Swanson reiterates how the mineral owners have won […]

Biden Ban on Public Lands To Cost Economy $670 Billion Over 20 years

December 15, 2020 jasonspiess 0

North Dakota among hardest hit by incoming president’s pledge to ban development A ban on oil and natural gas development on public lands by President-elect Joe Biden would severely harm the economies of eight western states, according to a Wyoming Energy Authority study conducted by University of Wyoming Professor Tim Considine. Over […]

Year In Review 2020: The Demand For Production Shifts South

December 15, 2020 jasonspiess 0

It’s time once again for our Annual Year In Review interviews! Last February 2020, Tiffany Wilson, Aries Buildings, gives an overview of their services and building options. From temporary housing to mobile offices to class rooms, Wilson says they sell space. “..we started in North Dakota back in 2012, however, […]

Year In Review 2020: Becoming ESG Certified

December 14, 2020 jasonspiess 0

It’s time once again for our Annual Year In Review interviews! Last February 2020, William Prentice, Meridian Energy Group, comments on their newest certification Environmental and Social Management Plan (“ESMP”). The ESMP is intended to reaffirm Meridian’s commitment to the environmentally and socially responsible development and operation of its facilities […]

Year In Review 2020: Extra Expansion for the Prolific Permian

December 13, 2020 jasonspiess 0

It’s time once again for our Annual Year In Review interviews! Last February 2020, Troy Schrenk, CCO, Target Hospitality, talks the planned expansion of 100 rooms at its El Capitan community located in Orla, Texas within the Permian’s Delaware Basin. This is the second expansion for this community that is […]

Year In Review 2020: Shale’s Future is Offshore Drilling

December 9, 2020 jasonspiess 0

It’s time once again for our Annual Year In Review interviews! Last February 2020, Jim Willis, Marcellus Drilling News, responds to John Hess‘ (Hess Corporation) comments that shale oil has peaked and global warming is real. Willis describes how Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has been good to industry in some […]

Industry Events: Christmas Blowout, OCI and COVID Cancels

December 8, 2020 jasonspiess 0

December Oilfield Events Dec 8: 6pm – Oilfield Helping Hands (OHH) Leave 2020 In The Dust, RSVP only, 100 max Christmas Blowout hosted by Reliance OFS, Gladiator Energy, and Ideal Completions benefitting Oilfield Helping Hands with a dinner, a performance by Scott Hayley and a live auction. Contact Katie Grimes […]

Year In Review 2020: Colorado’s War on Oil and Gas

December 5, 2020 jasonspiess 0

It’s time once again for our Annual Year In Review interviews! Last January 2020, Kathleen Sgamma, president, Western Energy Alliance, discusses the 2020 presidential election in regards to the energy sector. Sgamma also comments on mineral owners, public health, decarbonization, political science, Colorado’s war on oil and gas and the […]

Year In Review 2020: The Evolution of Safety in Oil and Gas

December 4, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Patrick Hartford, owner, R.P. Oilfield Services discusses anchors in Wyoming and the evolution of safety as a business. Hartford also gives an update on the Powder River Basin. “I think there’s more people talking about safety and they’re doing it in a way to basically profit on it as opposed […]

Year In Review 2020: Environmental Growth in the Oilfield

December 3, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Aaron Jordan, Black Water Environmental, explains why the word “environmental” is used in their name. Jordan also gives an update from the Powder River Basin. Jordan has seen growth in Wyoming, North Dakota, Kansas and Colorado, and currently their company is hiring. The topic of how everyday ordinary people are […]