The Crude Life Interview: Matthew Hill, Knight Energy

March 29, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Matthew Hill, Knight Energy, talks about working from home and how their business is transitioning during the 1-2 Shock Punch from the supply and demand side. Hill says Knight Energy has business in the books and things are still looking positive, however, change is in the air and Knight Energy […]

The Crude Life Interview: Stephen Heins, The Energy Pragmatist

March 29, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Stephen Heins, The Energy Pragmatist, protests the rules and challenges the criteria for The Crude Life 2020 March Madness Tournament. Heins was bounced in the first round by Knighten Industries. After a discussion about March Madness, the conversation transitions into the COVID-19 shutdowns and the impact with energy and small […]

The Crude Life 2020 March Madness Tournament: Sweet Sixteen Tracker

March 28, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Marcellus Region (1) Swan Energy vs. (4) Royal Creek Consulting (2) Knighten Industries vs. (3) Probus Energy Services Permian Region(9) The Earth’s Champion Johnny Green vs. (5) Trunkline (2) Target Hospitality vs. (3) Absolute Energy Field Products & Services Bakken Region(9) Elite Energy Services vs. (5) Badlands Contracting (7) McKenzie […]

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 […]

Execs’ Open Letter to 2020 Candidates Promotes Oil & Natural Gas

February 24, 2020 jasonspiess 0

In an open letter to 2020 Democratic presidential candidates printed in today’s New York Times, 54 executives from the western oil and natural gas industry forcefully pushed back against months of claims that they are corrupt criminals who should be jailed. The full-page advertisement placed by Western Energy Alliance, an […]

Light It Up with Jason Spiess

February 2, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Host of The Crude Life Jason Spiess comments on the rise of environmentalism in oil and gas and how it has reached new heights. Spiess cites a recent protect in Sacramento, California where 12-year-old children and teenagers drenched themselves in oil as a protest for the California Teacher’s pension fund […]

The Crude Life Interview: Joe Dancy, Energy Educator and Expert

January 22, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Joe Dancy, energy expert and educator,SMU Spindletop Fund Advisor & Professor – Southern Methodist University, talks solar energy, flaring, the industry’s image and using social media to broadcast professional issues with clients and collecting money from customers, sometimes referred to as “slow pay”. Alaska’s newest ballot initiative to raise taxes […]

Light It Up with Jason Spiess

January 19, 2020 jasonspiess 0

MultiMedia Journalist Jason Spiess recaps the week’s interviews on The Crude Life. Spiess talks about a number of topics including the launch of a new daily podcast, environmentalism and politics is professional wrestling. The issue in Colorado is discussed in more detail relaying information from an interview with Dan Haley, […]

How Industry Builds Communities and Hope Within

January 15, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Sally Hallingstad, Oilfield Helping Hands talks about Oilfield Helping Hands and why she is attracted to the way industry is a leader in community building. The Ag/Energy relationship and perception is also discussed. Hallingstad grew up in an agricultural and oil-less part of the country. She explains how her energy […]

John Droz on wind energy’s impact on birds and bats

January 2, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Energy researcher John Droz comments on the environmental damage wind turbines have killing bats, birds and bees, as well as the economic impact. John Droz, Jr. is an anti-wind-power activist and founder of Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. Droz formerly served as Senior Fellow at American Tradition Institute (now known […]

The Crude Life Interview: Jeremy Pate, P3 Petroleum

December 10, 2019 jasonspiess 0

Jeremy Pate, P3 Petroleum, talks about Enhanced Oil Recovery in today’s marketplace. From the days of carbon injection to natural gas foam to cutting edge innovations are discussed. Pate describes some of the solutions EOR are solving in industry today as well as what some of the current obstacles are. […]

The Crude Life Interview: Anthony Watt, Heartland Institute

December 2, 2019 jasonspiess 0

Anthony Watt, Heartland Institute, comments on climate change skeptics, how the California wild fires are impacting the residents and the businesses. Watt believes many environmentalists are ill-informed and are “chasing the environmental Holy Grail”. A comparison to local communities and states implementing a “public health smoking ban” and how it […]

The Crude Life Thanksgiving BINGO

November 27, 2019 jasonspiess 0

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) […]

The Crude Life Interview: John Lisle, S&B Drilling

November 27, 2019 jasonspiess 0

John Lisle, S&B Drilling, discusses core values in business and how that principle has allowed his business to grow organically. Lisle, who also serves a leadership role with the Williston Chamber of Commerce, gives an update on the new airport and energy activity. S&B Drilling, located in Williston, has other […]

MultiMedia Cafe Episode 156: Planet of the Humans

September 7, 2019 jasonspiess 0

Terry Etam, Author of “The End of Fossil Fuel Insanity” and writer at BOE Report and Public Energy Number One, shares his views on Michael Moore’s new documentary “Planet of the Humans”. Etam also pontificates how the anti-fossil fuel movement will react to Moore’s latest piece, which he considers a […]

The Crude Life Interview: Terry Etam, Energy Author & Writer

August 21, 2019 jasonspiess 0

Terry Etam, Author of “The End of Fossil Fuel Insanity” and writer at BOE Report and Public Energy Number One, shares his views on Michael Moore’s new documentary “Planet of the Humans”. Etam also pontificates how the anti-fossil fuel movement will react to Moore’s latest piece, which he considers a […]

MultiMedia Cafe Episode 37: The Rise of Environmentalism

March 30, 2019 jasonspiess 0

MultiMedia Cafe Special Guest and Topics Menu Tuesday March 5, 2019 Terry Etam, energy writer, BOE Report and author of The End of Fossil Fuel Insanity, talks about the religion of environmentalism and some of the tactics used by extremists. He explains the theme of his book and how the […]

From covering the protest to taking cover

November 14, 2016 jasonspiess 0

  When journalist Erin Schrode arrived to the Bakken she assumed she would be covering the protest for a number of media outlets. After a few days, Schrode went from telling stories to becoming a major one, one that went viral across social media, viewed by millions and picked up […]