The Crude Life has launched a new line of merchandise “Everyday Energy” in partnership with the Earth Protection Alliance. The Crude Life is reinventing and reimagining energy in 2020 with on-location live events, new programming and fresh language. “The oil and gas industry needs to reinvent energy in 2020,” The […]
Have some fun this holiday season with The Crude Life’s Turkey Bingo. The rules are simple. One person is the designated host, who must find items on the BINGO cards. Once the host finds the item, they announce it and card holders can mark off the box. Once five (5) […]
In a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sent today, Gov. Doug Burgum underscored the severity of North Dakota’s propane distribution and supply issue and requested that the FERC take further action to increase the supply of propane to the state. Burgum thanked the FERC for its announcement […]
Meridian Energy Group thanks the Associated Press and Bismarck Tribune for its recent update (link included below) on the Davis Refinery, and the ongoing legal challenges that Meridian faces. Although Meridian has consistently and successfully met all of the legal challenges to date, in the interest of completing the picture, […]
Kathy Keiser, Ronald McDonald House Charities Bismarck, gives an overview of their services. The RMHCB operates an 8-bed house which acts as temporary housing for people whose families have been struck by medical issues. Keiser said the majority of the people who use the house are families with premature babies. […]
Josh Swanson, Vogel Law Firm and NDSU Bison Podcast talks about Wilkinson Lake Sakakawea court case that is impacting oil and gas mineral ownership. The interview also discusses the pattern of government adapting new policies from private companies with potential conflicts of interest. Second half of the interview, Josh Swanson […]
Nicholas Bures, Magna Bures Oil, gives an update from the Illinois Basin and their $75K well, including signing a deal with a major international oil company. Bures, Magna Bures Oil, headquartered in Wyoming, talks about their Paradise, CA, wildfires and how it impacted their offices and partners.
MultiMedia Cafe Special Guest and Topics Menu Thursday January 17, 2019 Piers Marini, professional piano player talks about playing piano during Happy Hours as a way to make some money during retirement. Tiffany Steiner, gives an update on the API Gumbo Cookoff and the Bakken BBQ. Peter Kearl, inventor and […]
Four colleges in North Dakota celebrated the completion of a six-year long, $24 million grant that resulted in thousands of trained individuals ready to fill crucial workforce needs in North Dakota. Bismarck State College, Sitting Bull College, Turtle Mountain Community College, and Williston State College partnered to form the TREND […]
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp voted with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate to pass a funding bill that includes major wins for North Dakota servicemembers, military installations, energy research, and water infrastructure projects. “North Dakota deserves reliable and strengthened support to promote our state’s energy industry, bolster our defense […]
Meridian Energy Group, Inc., a developer of innovative and environmentally-compliant oil refining facilities, announced that the North Dakota Department of Health (“NDDoH”) – Air Quality Division has issued the Permit to Construct (“PTC”) for the Davis Refinery. The issuance of the PTC by the NDDoH comes 18 months after the […]
Meridian Energy Group, Inc., the leading developer of innovative and environmentally-compliant oil refining facilities, signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) today with Target Lodging (“Target”) of The Woodlands, Texas to provide the workforce housing for the Davis Refinery project coming to Belfield, North Dakota. This LOI establishes the terms and […]
Texas OilField Review Week of April 2-6 Monday: Kunal Patel, Senior Research Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Kunal Patel, Senior Research Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, gives an overview of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ quarterly Energy Report for Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Click here for Monday’s […]
Interview: Chase Broussard, DealMakers Chase Broussard talks about cost effective, revenue generation, and business growth within the oil and gas sector. Broussard explains how his experience managing projects, people, and executing services has created a niche within the industry. Broussard has experience in Marcellus, Utica, Eagleford ETX & STX, Haynesville, […]
Interview: Richard Wardner, Senator Majority Leader of North Dakota In this interview, Wardner discusses the importance of Hub City support and financing in the Bakken. After explaining the genesis of “Hub Cities”, Wardner describes how the drop in oil prices caused a shortfall in revenue to some local communities. In […]
Greg Riedl, NAPE Expo , gives an overview of the industry’s major event, held in Houston, TX. This year, NAPE Summit is celebrating 25 years of bringing together dealmakers from all around the world to connect, reconnect and make deals happen. NAPE is the oil and gas industry’s marketplace for […]
Interview: Terry O’Clair, Director, Division of Air Quality, North Dakota Department of Health In this interview, host Jason Spiess circles back with O’Clair regarding the reported number of email comments regarding the Davis Refinery. O’Clair said out of the 11,000 email all but 500 were duplicates. Spiess speculated whether it […]
Interview: Terry O’Clair, Director, Division of Air Quality, North Dakota Department of Health In this exclusive interview, O’Clair recaps the Davis Refinery Public Meeting the ND Health Department held in Dickinson, ND. The Davis Refinery is being constructed by Meridian Energy Group. O’Clair breaks down some of the email comments […]
The 21st Annual API Dickinson Gumbo Cookoff is scheduled for Saturday Feb 17, 2018, at the Motel 6 in Dickinson, ND. Teams compete by testing their skills and combining the most unique ingredients they can find; including shrimp, sausage and even alligator meat. The public is invited to come sample […]
Hess Midstream Partners LP announced the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with Targa Resources Corp. to construct a new 200 million standard cubic feet per day gas processing plant called Little Missouri Four (LM4). The new gas plant will be located at Targa’s existing Little Missouri facility, south of […]
A rig explosion devastated Pittsburg County on Monday as five employees on the site were presumed dead pending identification of remains by the state Medical Examiner’s office. Emergency officials received calls about a rig fire around 8:45 a.m. Monday and aerial footage of the scene later showed the derrick at […]
Part 1-of-5 in a Series on ReFracs in the Bakken Over the past decade, oil companies have been searching for innovative techniques in order to find new recoverable oil in new places. According to industry reports, approximately 75,000 new wells have been drilled in North America during that time. As […]
Tax bill provision opens ANWR, to bring more oil online and keep Alaska pipeline operating By Paul Driessen, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow and Congress of Racial Equality Way back in 1980, Congress passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, establishing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and making numerous […]
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp released the following statement after President Trump signed bipartisan defense legislation Heitkamp helped pass to authorize U.S. Department of Defense funding levels and set our nation’s defense policy, which includes several key provisions Heitkamp pushed for to support North Dakota’s defense installations and jobs. “Today is […]
Weekly Word Guest: Professor Stephen Heins, energy columnist and owner, Word Merchant and Craig Richardson, Energy & Environment Legal The Crude Life’s host and Weekly Word moderator Jason Spiess and Professor Stephen Heins had a special guest join them in a discussion on the Weekly Word about a recent court […]
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp said that a decision by U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) to conduct an updated assessment of oil and gas resources in the Bakken Formation and Three Forks Formation is a needed step, which comes after she pressed USGS to take such action. Last week, Heitkamp called on […]
Interview: Professor Stephen Heins, energy columnist and owner, The Word Merchant In this week’s episode of The Weekly Word, host Jason Spiess and Heins talk about the ever-changing global oil industry. A big portion of the discussion is on the addition of oil and gas jobs across the country, and […]
In the latest installment of The Weekly Bakken Get Together, host Jason Spiess sits down with U.S. Senator John Hoeven to discuss: Energy development in the Bakken Comments on North Dakota Governor’s challenge to oil and gas Quality of life increases in the Bakken How energy is driving ND’s entrepreneurship […]
The following are latest numbers, stats and comments from the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources. Data was compiled during August 2017. Oil Production August 33,768,855 barrels = 1,089,318 barrels/day September 33,213,127 barrels = 1,107,104 barrels/day(preliminary) (all-time high was Dec 2014 at 1,227,483 barrels/day) 1,054,991 barrels per day or 95% […]
Weekly Word: Professor Stephen Heins, owner, Word Merchant Professor Stephen Heins shares his thoughts on the Clean Power Plan and how the courts are playing into the regulation. Heins believes the Clean Power Plan will be deemed unconstitutional. Heins also shares his thoughts on the “real reason” the EPA was […]
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the appeals of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) hydraulic fracturing rule. BLM and environmental groups had been attempting to overturn the Wyoming District Court ruling that nullified the rule. The Tenth Circuit noted that President Trump, Secretary Zinke, and BLM have all […]
Interview: Michael Filloon, Heart Streat LLC Michael Filloon of Heart Street LLC believes the industry needs to start looking at rig rates differently. In fact, not at all. “Everyone looks at rig rates when they really shouldn’t,” Filloon said. “They should look at completion crews. They pop those holes in […]
The city of Belfield recently hosted a public forum for people to ask questions regarding the Davis Refinery, the first greenfield refinery to be built in the U.S. in over 40 years. The event was designed for people to engage with executives of the company building the Davis Refinery. Meridian […]
Over the past decade, the energy industry has made some major technological advancements. In fact there has been so much progress, the term “energy tech” made its way into headlines, annual reports and even basic everyday jargon. This technology has allowed oil companies to reduce their overhead, increase profits and […]
There’s an old saying in journalism – “follow the money”. That phrase inserted itself into America’s lexicon and popular culture during the movie “All the President’s Men”, a film portraying the events of Watergate. Since then, that phrase has been taught or talked about in most basic media classes. […]
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