Interviews: Lynn Helms, director, ND Department of Mineral Resources Explains why Iran is back in the news and why India is the new China. He also runs through active rigs and trust land activity. Interview: Shawn Kessel, city administrator, Dickinson, ND Talks about the city’s $100M debt and how the […]
Interview: Shawn Kessel, city administrator, Dickinson, ND Talks about his new upcoming role in the North Dakota Oil and Gas Producing Counties, an update on some major community projects in the region and when the oil activity will return to the Bakken.
One of the first people I met on a professional level in the Bakken oil fields was Dickinson city administrator Shawn Kessel. The meeting was brief, as I was filing some paperwork with the city and Kessel was passing by in the hallway. We chatted for no more than one […]
Interviews: Tiffany Steiner & Jackie Schmidt, MBI Energy Services, Dickinson, ND Gives the details for the 4th Annual Bakken BBQ in June and talks about Pick Up the Patch and other community driver events.
Interview: Erin Wallander, owner, EWI Designs Talks about how high oil prices bring in new constuctions whereas a downturn economy focuses more on remodeling and redesigning. Wallander gives an update of her business activity in the Bakken.
Interview: Erin Wallander, owner, EWI Designs Talks about how the downturn in the energy economy opened a market for her business.
There is a new phrase being uttered among the oil and gas producing counties – the new normal. This is certainly a more positive way to look at low oil prices, volatile commerce and a somewhat nomadic worker force. That phrase was used once again during my latest conversation with […]
Interview: Shawn Kessel, City Administrator, Dickinson, ND Explains why many people from the recent oil boom have decided to stick around the area. High birth rates, new schools, housing and awards are discussed.
Interview: Shawn Kessel, City Administrator, Dickinson, ND Talks about the “New Normal” in Dickinson. He also gives an update on the commerce and housing situation in Dickinson.
As I drove into Dickinson, taking a moment to soak in the event I was about to experience, I noticed diesel was selling for less than gasoline. At the time, I was more interested in understanding why the Dakota Prairie Refinery was the first greenfield refinery in the United States […]
Three years ago the only thing Brian Hymel knew about oil and gas was that combustion engines need it. Today, the 34-year-old Utah native is one of the largest real estate players in Southwestern North Dakota and participates in numerous oil and gas industry events. “It’s funny how we ended […]
As some of you know I host a radio program called Building the Bakken and the MonDak OilField Review on a number of radio stations across the Upper Midwest. Over the past several weeks I have been airing interviews from the Dakota Prairie Refinery grand opening in late June. Listening […]
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