Are You Unwittingly Enabling Chaos? How Trump’s Rally Failures Parallel Leadership Breakdowns in the Energy Industry

August 23, 2024 jasonspiess 0

Executive coach Joe Sinnott drops by The Crude Life to discuss operational failures and organization communication using Saturday’s assassination attempt as talking points and examples. Sinnott, CEO of Witting Partners, lives about 45 minutes from the Butler, PA, site. On July 13, 2024, Donald Trump, a former president of the United States and […]

Martin Continues an Energy Poverty Awareness Campaign

August 23, 2024 jasonspiess 0

Warren Martin, Kansas Strong, joins The Crude Life to discuss the realities of Energy Poverty. A philosophy graduate of Texas Tech University, Warren is an author, teacher, minister, artist, quasi-philosopher and speaker known for his unique teaching style. His passion is to inspire & invest in the next generation of […]

How the Chevron Deference Impacts Energy

August 23, 2024 jasonspiess 0

Jason Isaac, founder and CEO of the American Energy Institute and a Senior Fellow for Life:Powered, a national initiative of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, joined Jason Spiess and Steve Bakken to discuss the impacts of the Supreme Court Decision or Deference regarding the 1984 Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense […]

Dr. Loren Scott Explains Louisiana’s Carbon Primacy Power

March 28, 2024 jasonspiess 0

  Dr. Loren Scott joined Jason Spiess to discuss the EPA’s decision to award Louisiana the power to approve carbon capture projects. Louisiana is the third state—after North Dakota and Wyoming—given primary authority by EPA to issue permits for the Class VI wells used in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). North Dakota approved […]

Robert Bryce is Juiced Up on Power, Politics and the Grid

March 28, 2024 jasonspiess 0

Energy expert, author and public speaker Robert Bryce joins The Crude Life founder Jason Spiess and The Word Merchant Stephen Heins to discuss his new docuseries Juice, nuclear energy, corporate greed and how the environment impacts energy. Last week, Bryce released a new docuseries that highlights how bad energy policy […]

Boots on the Ground Update from the Bakken

March 28, 2024 jasonspiess 0

Monte Besler, FRACN8R, joins TownSquare Media’s Talk of the Town with Steve Bakken and guest co-host Jason Spiess with a boots-on-the-ground update from the Bakken oil fields. “Well, one thing is we’re significantly more mature than a lot of the other areas,” Besler said. When asked to define the term […]

A Recap of Colorado’s Energy Rally at the Capitol

March 28, 2024 jasonspiess 0

Kelly Marshall, Creative Director in the oil and gas industry as well as an Energy Ambassador, joins The Crude Life to talk about Energy Day at the Capitol in Colorado. Representatives of Colorado’s oil and gas industry, along with hundreds of supporters, gathered on the west steps of the state […]

Why Energy Companies are Looking to Liquid Blending

March 28, 2024 jasonspiess 0

Mark Workman, RMI Supply, gives an update from the supply chain logistical point of view as well as an update on his observations in the market. Folding in the amount of uncertainty in industry, coming from leadership, the media and politicians regarding oil and gas, Workman dives deep into service and […]

Does Your Company Have March Madness?

March 28, 2024 jasonspiess 0

Joe Sinnott, Witting Partners and the host of The Energy Detox Podcast joins The Crude Life to discuss how March Madness coaching is like managing a business. The interview starts off with a discussion of how the overall culture in business has changed. In sports the comparison is made with the NIL […]

Who is on Your Mount Rushmore of Enemies of Energy?

March 10, 2024 jasonspiess 0

Who is on your Mount Rushmore of Energy Enemies? How about your Final Four of Energy Agitators? Tom Shepstone, Energy Security and Freedom, Stephen Heins, The Word Merchant, and Jason Spiess, founder of The Crude Life, discuss who is on their Mount Rushmore of enemies of energy. Tom Shepstone 1. Nathaniel Simon 2. […]

Clark: Texas Railroad Commission Thoughts and Comments

April 15, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Jon Clark, Clark Energy Consulting, gives his thoughts and comments after the Texas Railroad Commission meeting on April 14, 2020. In Texas, an economic powerhouse, the outbreak and oil shock have created huge risks for the states’ historically strong energy economy, but nothing the state hasn’t managed before. “Established by […]

The Crude Life Podcast Episode 41: March Madness Upsets, Canadian COVID-19, Word Play with the HydroCarbon Industry and Are Pipelines Critical Infrastructure

March 25, 2020 jasonspiess 0

The Crude Life Podcast Episode 41 March 24, 2020 Guests/Topics:    Terry Etam, End of the Fossil Fuel Insanity, gives an update from Canada on how the oil and gas industry is dealing with the COVID-19 Shutdown.  From the local governments to small businesses to Eastern and Western Canadian perspectives. Activists […]

The Crude Life Podcast Episode 39 : Ordering Take Out, Energizing Small Business, March Madness and it’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad Economy

March 20, 2020 jasonspiess 0

The Crude Life Podcast Episode 39 March 19, 2020 Guests/Topics:     Zachary Ellis, Commercial Credit Group discusses Navigating the Outbreak. In tough times we are often faced with business decisions that can alter our businesses, whether positive or negative. Rent, equipment, payroll, and other expenses are still expected on a monthly […]