Play Hard Work Hard Episode 49: Bombs, Missile Near Dhahran, CCUS Infrastructure and March Madness Brackets Revealed

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The Crude Life Morning Show: Play Hard Work Hard Episode 49

Hour One Play Hard: Jason Spiess and Sterling talk about the recent attacks in Saudi Arabia and how his hometown of Dhahran was impacted.

Hour Two Work Hard : U.S. Senator John Hoeven on CCUS and U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer on Fox Business

The Crude Life Daily Update For the Radio On The Podcast: Katherine Burk, Katherine Burk Consulting

Rig Count Overview

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The Crude Life 2021 March Madness Tournament Brackets are released!

HOUR ONE PLAY HARD: Jason Spiess is joined back in studio by Sterling who talk about his RamcoBrats and duck and cover drills in school while living in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

The two mention how there isn’t much news on the recent attacks in the Middle East, but Sterling’s RamcoBrat Facebook Group has been keep him informed him with some boots on the ground info.

The Play Hard Morning Show also airs The Crude Life 2021 March Madness Tournament Selection Show.

In HOUR TWO we WORK HARD with our Newsmaker Interview: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer and U.S. Senator John Hoeven

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Evening Edit with Liz MacDonald on Fox Business, where he reacted to the Washington Post issuing a correction regarding its reporting on former President Trump and the Georgia election results. Senator Cramer also discussed reopening the economy and President Biden looking at raising taxes. Excerpts and a link to the full video are below.

On the Washington Post:

“Good for the Washington Post, but it’s awfully late. The problem is they should avoid these mistakes in the first place by doing a little bit of investigative reporting, but the Washington Post has become famous in this town for jumping first before they do the background checks and research. … The Washington Post, New York Times, and others were largely embarrassed by Donald Trump getting elected, and they seem to spend four years trying to undo it or delegitimize it. This was just one more time when they took a leap without checking out the facts, and Donald Trump was proven right again. So shame on the Washington Post for doing it in the first place, but at least they did print the retraction.”

On Reinstating Lockdowns:

“I agree with [Florida] Governor [Ron] DeSantis. Quite honestly, I am perplexed by this Administration’s desire to keep this pandemic going. We spent the last year plus trying to get rid of the pandemic, but these guys seem to be elongating it. … [Florida] Governor DeSantis knows far better than anybody in Washington, D.C. whether Florida is ready to be open, and I trust his judgment.”

On the Economy:

“If [President Biden] does nothing and let governors reopen, he’s going to have six-plus Gross Domestic Product growth over the course of the next year. I don’t know why he would want to ruin all of that with higher taxes and more shut downs. I am astounded by the notion that somehow one person in Washington D.C. taking advice from one other person in Washington, D.C. knows what is good for the economy state-by-state. It’s like they forgot the United States is 50 sovereign states and the federal government is a creation of them, not the other way around.”

“This lockdown mindset in Washington, D.C. should not be spread throughout the rest of the country. Hopefully the rest of the country can have a greater influence on the affairs of Washington, D.C. ”

spiess hoeven — MultiMedia Journalist Jason Spiess (left) and US Senator John Hoeven (right)

Senator John Hoeven helped introduce the Storing CO₂ and Lowering Emissions Act (SCALE) Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to advance the construction of the infrastructure needed to implement carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies. Among other efforts, the bill, which is sponsored by Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), would:

Establish the CO₂Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (CIFIA) program to provide:
- Flexible, low-interest loans for CO₂transport infrastructure projects.
- Grants for excess capacity on new infrastructure to facilitate future growth.
- The bill also includes grants for Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) studies for CO₂transport infrastructure.
Build on the existing CarbonSAFE program to provide cost-sharing for commercial-scale saline geologic CO₂storage projects.
Provide grants for states to establish their own permitting programs for Class VI wells, which are used for geologic or long-term CO₂storage.
- This aligns with Hoeven’s successful efforts to secure EPA approval for North Dakota to be the primary regulator over Class VI wells, the first such approval in the nation.

“For more than a decade, North Dakota has been working to crack the code on CCUS technology,” said Hoeven. “That means not only proving that CCUS works in the lab, but also providing the right legal, tax and regulatory environment to support its implementation. Our legislation addresses a key aspect of this effort – building the pipeline infrastructure we need to transport and store captured CO₂ emissions in the appropriate geologic formations. This is about investing in new technologies and helping bring them to scale so they will be commercially-viable over the long-term. That’s how we will empower America to continue utilizing all of its abundant energy resources, helping to ensure our national and economic security.”

In addition to Hoeven, Coons and Cassidy, the SCALE Act is cosponsored by Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). A companion to the legislation has also been introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressmen Marc Veasey (D-Texas) and David McKinley (R-W.Va.).

The Crude Life Daily Update For the Radio On The Podcast: Katherine Burk, Katherine Burk Consultants

The Crude Life Honors and Celebrates Women’s History Month. Today we feature Katherine Burk, Katherine Burk Consultants about her integration of drones into oil and gas.

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