The Crude Life and Houser Announce Content Creation Agreement

November 26, 2020 jasonspiess 0

The Crude Life is adding to its content creators and news contributor efforts through a new, wide-ranging partnership with media professional Genneca Houser. “We are very excited to be working with Genneca,” The Crude Life host Jason Spiess said. “I’ve worked with Genneca for years on other projects and media […]

Shepstone Updates Marcellus, 3.8 Mile Lateral and BP Selling Their Soul

November 25, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Tom Shepstone, NaturalGasNow.org, gives an update from the East Coast shale plays, including the Marcellus. Shepstone, geographically located near the border of New York, describes the increasing issues with East Coast energy, from Pennsylvania gas to pipeline purchases to New York’s outright bans. The interviews dives into natural gas and […]

Frac Sand Industry Shifts, Geography, Shape Driving Costs

November 24, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Danny Skiff, Specialized Desanders USA, gives an update on the frac sand industry as well as the filtration, screen and separation market. Skiff explains how there are different shapes of sand used in different shale plays which can create long term issues like equipment failure. Geography has influenced the frac […]

Preventing Future Forest Infernos

November 23, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Getting past the climate scapegoat, and taking steps that could actually make a difference  By Paul Driessen The 2020 fire season is nearing its end. But monstrous wildfires continue to rage across America’s western states, devastating towns and habitats, and killing hundreds of people and millions of animals. Politicians and […]

Bakken BBQ Raises $75K, Health & Safety Measures Proven to Work

November 17, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Tiffany Steiner and Jackie Jenkin, Co-Founders of the Bakken BBQ, announce the amount of money raised from this year’s community fundraiser. In the midst of a year where COVID Shutdowns, Smart Starts, and Mask Wars were dominating the country’s discourse, the 8th Annual Bakken BBQ raised $75,000 for Make A […]

An International Perspective on American Energy

November 14, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Terry Etam, author of “The End of the Fossil Fuel Insanity“, writer at the BOE Report and blogger for his blog Public Energy Number One, gives an update on the oil sands in Canada. Etam also reacts to the recent election and how he feels it impacts the international oil […]

Wyoming Launches Energy Rebound Program

November 12, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon announced a CARES Act package aimed at assisting Wyoming’s primary economic driver: the natural gas and oil industry. The industry has seen unparalleled demand destruction as a result of COVID-19 and the resulting economic shutdown. Following successful programs for main street businesses, non-profits and the agriculture […]

Frac Fluids, Forging Faith and Fossil Fuel Fridays

November 7, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Ken Lavin, Winter Mud Co., gives a brief history of the drilling fluid company, which started in the SW Kansas and the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle. They operated in that territory for decades and has expanded operations throughout Oklahoma and Texas. Winter Mud Company was started during a tremendous slow down in […]

Oil and Gas Helping Teens Recover with Solutions

November 6, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Rebekah Wheeler, Revolution Resources, talks about the benefit for Teen Recovery Solutions at the Quail Creek Golf and Country Club in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Wheeler also discusses Revolutions Resources activity in the Mid-Continent Region. She also shares some of their recent business moves involving growth and expanded services. In addition […]

Oil’s Automation Integration, Big Data and Punch Cards

November 5, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Robert “Bobby” Mason, CEO, SPOC Automation, discusses their automation technology for both the upstream and midstream segments of the oil & gas industry. The interview takes deep dive on the oil and gas’ transition to automation from topics like artificial lifts to pipelines to salt water disposal the world of […]

Crescent Consulting Staying Busy, Adapting To Trends

November 4, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Rusty Daily, Crescent Consulting, talks about the changes in consulting over the past 20 years. Daily describes some changes in well site supervision and project management with drilling, completion and work-over projects. He continues explaining they compile a complex well plan, then execute it by providing experienced consultants to supervise […]

It Takes An Industry To Build A Forest

October 24, 2020 jasonspiess 0

The Industrial Forest announces construction of five forests in 2021, Micro-Industrial Forest planned.  Millions of trees have been planted over the past 30 years and nearly half die within the first year.  From non profit tree planting events to municipal tree planting programs, it’s a real life problem and a […]

Will The Election Impact Energy Prices and Market?

October 18, 2020 jasonspiess 0

This week on Mining Money, Brandon Davis, CEO, Tim Travis and Imran Khan of Swan Energy talk about how the November national election will impact the energy industry. From prices to shale play USA, different angles and perspectives are shared. Jason Spiess: Thank you gentlemen, for joining us today. We’re going to go right to the mailbag today in […]

Recycling Water, ESG Movement and Prolific Permian

October 15, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Jason Jennaro, Breakwater Energy Partners gives an update on the largest produced water recycling facility in the Permian Basin. Their 80-acre facility, known as the Big Spring Recycling System (BSRS), has a throughput capacity of over 250,000 barrels per day of recycled produced water. Located between Howard and Martin counties, […]

Service Sells When Supply Sales Vanish

October 14, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Mike Griffith, Knighten Industries, talks about how COVID impacted their business in 2020. Knighten Industries is a full service pump distributor servicing the Oil & Gas, Industrial, and Municipal markets. Griffith says they have seen an increase in their service side of the business, which was a blessing since the […]

Covering All Your Investment Bases

October 12, 2020 jasonspiess 0

This week on Mining Money, Brandon Davis, CEO, and Imran Khan of Swan Energy discuss ways to make sure one has as many bases covered in the world of investing. Safety in numbers, proven past investments, past failures to learn from and pooling cash together are topics of discussion this week on Mining Money. There was even […]

Bynum School Offers Gratitude, Hope in Oil and Gas

October 7, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Keri St John, Bynum School talks about how the oil and gas industry has impacted the community and her school. The interview took place shortly before their annual fundraising event, Chukkers for Children, at the Midland Polo Club. St. John explains how the school is assisting the local community and […]

Wildcatting, Big Data and Doing Business in the Permian

October 7, 2020 jasonspiess 0

This week on Mining Money, Brandon Davis, CEO, Imran Khan and Jeremy Pate of Swan Energy are live on location at Cowboys and Indians restaurant in Houston, Texas. Jason Spiess: Welcome, folks. This is an episode of Mining the Money Meets Living the Crude Life in Houston, Texas, right outside […]

Watford City Still Embracing Growth, Opportunities

October 6, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Daniel Stenberg, McKenzie County Economic Development and Job Authority, gives an update from the heart of the Bakken oil field. Watford City and McKenzie County are considered the “hot zone” for the Bakken and have been seeing an increase in births at their local hospitals as well as opening a […]

Now is Time to Stop the Analysis to Paralysis and Act

September 28, 2020 jasonspiess 0

This week on Mining Money,  Brandon Davis, CEO, of Swan Energy gives some advice for those stuck in a world of uncertainty. Davis gives some advice on ways to overcome the “analysis to paralysis”, which is prevalent in today’s market. Brandon Davis, Swan Energy. Jason Spiess: Thank you very much for joining us here today, folks. […]

Dallas Fed Surveys Oil Industry, Stabilization of Industry

September 25, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Kunal Patel, Dallas Federal Reserve, discusses the results of the their quarterly survey involving the oil and gas industry. The four-year-old survey measures the health of the region’s oil and gas industry. In March, the survey’s business activity index dropped to what was at the time its lowest reading ever. […]

Oil and Gas Continue To Support Community Events

September 24, 2020 jasonspiess 0

Matt Hill, Knight Energy, talks about the changes made to the Oilfield Tailgate events due to COVID. This year, rather than all the Oklahoma Sooner football games, they will be having one event November 21 for the Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State game. Hill expressed gratitude that Oilfield Tailgate was able […]