UPDATED: Since the Energy Demand Letter has been sent, Western Energy Alliance President Kathleen Sgamma testified at a hearing entitled “Promoting American Energy Security by Facilitating Investments and Innovation in Climate Solutions” before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Sgamma discussed the strategic advantages provided by America’s abundance of […]
Every March since 1987, Congress and U.S. Presidents have designated March as Women’s History Month. This year, The Crude Life celebrates and honors their accomplishments and contributions in history with interviews and stories that center around women’s experiences in industry. The Crude Life believes woman are vital in energy. Today […]
The Crude Life Content News Correspondent Ken Lavin scores an exclusive interview with Ward Polzin, CEO, Camino Natural Resources, LLC, less than a day after he returned from Antarctica. “My wife and I just got back from 30 days in Antarctica. It was a trip of a lifetime.” Polzin said. […]
Governors Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, John Bel Edwards of Louisiana, and Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas announced their states have entered into a bipartisan three-state partnership to establish a regional hub for development, production, and use of clean hydrogen as fuel and manufacturing feedstock. In entering the agreement, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and […]
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, contacted The Crude Life in response to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule on climate disclosure. “The Biden Administration is hell-bent on regulating fossil fuels out of existence. Firstly, […]
It’s movie night here at ESG University and today it’s one of the Ocean’s franchises. Now some believe the real heist in that movie is George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Steven Soderbergh stealing our hard earned money in the end with a lazy contrived story, but not me. I love […]
Wyoming is all in when it comes to energy. All The Above and all forms too. Even if the Governor doesn’t agree with everything politically, he is savvy enough to understand all energy has a purpose and sometimes the road to development can become a bit bumpy. However, your bumpy […]
Here are the winners and losers from a wild Thursday in first round The Crude Life March Madness Tournament. PODCAST: Jason Spiess interviews Joe Sinnott about his big upset in The Crude Life March Madness Tournament, while the two weave in Executive Coaching, Catholic Schools Dominating First Day and How […]
This past week I spoke at a luncheon for the Natural Gas Energy Association of Oklahoma regarding ESG topics and issues. After the luncheon, I presented a three hour class on ESG along with a 12 Question ESG Internal Audit for companies. The acronym ESG stands for Environmental Social Governance, […]
The Champ is in the house. Well school. The Earth’s Champion Johnny Green made a surprise appearance to the 4th grade elementary students at Tonkawa Elementary School in Tonkawa, OK. The Greatest Environmentalist on Earth presented curriculum materials from Petro Pros, however, sprinkled in a few stories from defending the […]
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the problem with the United States and our allies buying Russian energy, U.S. Senate Banking Committee Republicans are calling on President Biden and his administration to pause all financial regulatory efforts targeting America’s energy security. The senators’ request comes as reports indicate the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans […]
Every March since 1987, Congress and U.S. Presidents have designated March as Women’s History Month. This year, The Crude Life celebrates and honors their accomplishments and contributions in history with interviews and stories that center around women’s experiences in industry. The Crude Life believes woman are vital in energy. Today […]
It’s March Madness folks and for many it’s that time of year again when Las Vegas gambling becomes Black Friday activity level and places of work get more sick day requests than the rest of the year combined. This year The Crude Life will be running another March Madness Bracket […]
I received one of the best news tips in years this week, and at the same time it was one of the most bone-chilling signs of our new reality. I should point out that in 2009, I hosted a Night Show in Fargo which had a live video stream in-studio […]
Here are this week’s special guests on The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 446. Professional Executive Coach, Father, Husband, Business Owner and Podcaster Joe Sinnott joins Jason Spiess to talk about how to navigate the management waters of the Monday Morning Quarterbacks the day after the Super Bowl and […]
Does your organization need a Chief ESG Officer. That is a question many within the inner ESG circles have been asking. And by there way, there are many ESG inner circles right now floating around the planet, which is one of the best arguments for a Chief ESG Officer. However, […]
It sure seemed like Chesapeake Energy was all in a NAPE 2022. From the booths to the meetings to the presentations to the executive chairman playing some reindeer games with the attendees. Well college football games really. “Today, we’re going to play a game and the game is going to […]
Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), John Hoeven (R-ND), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and was introduced in the House of Representatives by House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and […]
Summit Carbon Solutions announced that Continental Resources Inc. will commit $250 million over the next two years to help fund the development and construction of Summit’s $4.5 billion carbon capture and sequestration project. Continental Resources Chairman Harold Hamm and CEO Bill Berry along with Summit Agricultural Group CEO Bruce Rastetter […]
Over the weekend week I was catching up on my reading with a couple of hippie do-goodery publications like “Peas On Earth” and “New Jack Hippie”, and came across an interesting news brief (from last year) about the European city of Brussels creating a world where deisel and gasoline cars […]
It’s an ENCORE airing after a donation to the University of Mary (after Oklahoma State University), The Crude Life Content News Correspondent Ken Lavin interviews Harold Hamm, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Continental Resources, after he spoke at Wildcatters Wednesday at The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma. Hamm talks about […]
The Crude Life had the privileged to be invited on to the production studio and set of Sherwood Forest, a docufilm about a historic time in American Oil and Gas’s impact on global independence and empowerment. By the summer of 1942, the future of Great Britain and the outcome of World War […]
Jason Isaac, Director of Life:Powered, a national initiative of the Texas Public Policy Foundation to raise America’s energy IQ, joined Jason Spiess to talk about how Texas became the first state to break through on the ESG Narrative allowing fossil fuels to have a seat at the table. “We were […]
Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director, Power The Future (PTF) joins Jason Spiess to talk about Nord Stream 2, Russia and the Ukraine. “After the Biden Administration consistently got it wrong on Nord Stream 2, it’s truly unfortunate that it took Germany to stop the process from moving forward. America […]
Move over Survivor and Amazing Race, the Texas Railroad Commission election has become one of the most interesting reality shows in the nation. This year’s race has almost everything. It’s got an incumbent fighting to keep his spot, a newcomer endorsed by the state’s largest newspaper and an upstart female […]
John Di Lemme is a speaker, author, capitalism strategist, conservative political commentator, and founder of the Conservative Business Journal with a team of 20+ contributors. He has built one of the top Conservative news sites feared by the fake news with a proven Alexa ranking. On this episode John discusses […]
Bobby Adkins, iTankData, joins The Crude Life Content News Correspondent Ken Lavin at NAPE to discuss how time is money. Adkins explains how their software is allowing companies to access real data on their phones and laptops in order to see uptime, downtime and other metrics. “CFOs get it in […]
Since I began writing for more news outlets outside of oil and gas my inbox has been filled with news tips, press releases and interview ideas. Well this one actually came from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). About a week ago, Apple filed their report for its 2021 […]
In response to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Saturday night filing asking the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana to stay the decision overturning the arbitrary use of the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC), Western Energy Alliance issued the below statement attributable to Alliance president Kathleen Sgamma. In its filing, […]
Western Energy Alliance criticized the Department of the Interior for extending the onshore leasing ban another quarter, as it missed the 45-day deadline to hold a sale in the first quarter of 2022. The missed deadline means continued defiance of a court order requiring the department to hold lease sales […]
Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) reported fourth quarter 2022 net income of $649 million, or $0.84 per diluted share, which includes the impact of certain items not typically represented in analysts’ earnings estimates and that would otherwise affect comparability of results. The adjusted net income was $592 million, or $0.77 per […]
After spending some time on his literal death bed, The ESG Doubting Thomas is back full of ESG and Vinegar! Wordsmith and poet Stephen Heins returns to The Crude Life to share his continued doubts about the ESG movement and it’s intention. Host Jason Spiess discusses some of the recent […]
Here are this week’s special guests on The Crude Life Week in Review Episode 444. Heath Holloway, CEO, Titan Solutions, joins Jason Spiess to talk about their 3-Year Anniversary with Incident Free Operations in their Greeley, Colorado offices. Todd Garland, CEO, Great American Mining company is one of those “smart […]
Thomas Ratliff, co-owner and geophysicist at DDD Exploration, (pronounced 3-D Exploration) joins The Crude Life Content News Correspondent Ken Lavin at NAPE 2022. Ratliff and Lavin begin the interview talking about conventional methods in oil and gas. “We built our company around 3D seismic, and we’ve always liked to use 3D […]
Drew Allen is a Texas-bred, California-based millennial author, columnist, and political analyst. Fluent in Italian, Drew has lived and worked in Italy in the fashion industry and in New York City and Los Angeles as an actor, screenwriter, and independent film producer. He is a fresh, young, bold voice for […]
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