Interview: Dan, Hedrington, SEH Dan Hedrington, SEH, recaps the Public Meeting in Dickinson and gives an update where The Davis Refinery is at in terms of permitting. The Davis Refinery is the first greenfield refinery to be built in the U.S. in the last 50 years being planned to be […]
Interview: ND Senate Majority Leader Richard Wardner Wardner describes what “quality of life” means and what amenities are needed in the Bakken.
Hub City Funding Interview: ND Senate Majority Leader Richard Wardner Wardner talks about how the Surge Funding for the oil and gas cities and counties has been spent and what work has been done. He also cites a few examples of how the Surge Money was spent.
Hub City Funding Interview: ND Senate Majority Leader Richard Wardner ND Senate Majority Leader Richard Wardner, explains why the Hub Cities (Dickinson, Williston, Minot) are in need of financing after getting caught up during the downturn.
Interview: Thomas Brewer, TB Group, LLC Thomas Brewer, TB Group, talks about how he has been finding a niche in the marketplace as a crisis consultant and liason. After accidents or events of crisis, Brewer will go on location and assist wherever the need is the greatest.
Interview: Walter Breidenstein, GasTechno Energy & Fuels Group of Companies Walter Breidenstein, GasTechno Energy & Fuels Group of Companies, talks about the issue of flaring in the Bakken and how his company is providing one of the solutions in gas capturing. Breidenstein is currently living on location, near Stanley, ND, […]
Small Business USA Interview: Junior Urias, Up In Smoke BBQ Urias, a PitMaster BBQ Champion, talks about his style of BBQ and what opportunities a small local BBQ company has on how to make money after winning a national BBQ competition. GroundBreakers Interview: Steve Tidwell, Tidwell Industries Tidwell talks about […]
Small Business USA Interview: Jordan Hughey, TEG Solutions Hughey discusses the innovation in energy and how they are able to assist horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. GroundBreakers Interview: Greg Walcher, Natural Resources Group Walcher gives an overview of the water issues in the Western side of the United States. Workplace […]
Greg Walcher, President of the Natural Resources Group, a consulting firm specializing in energy, water, public lands, forestry and wildlife. In addition, Walcher has served in the Governor’s Cabinet as the head of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and he also has spent a decade working in the U.S. […]
Greg Riedl, NAPE Expo , gives an overview of the industry’s major event, held in Houston, TX. This year, NAPE Summit is celebrating 25 years of bringing together dealmakers from all around the world to connect, reconnect and make deals happen. NAPE is the oil and gas industry’s marketplace for […]
This Weekly Word with Jason Spiess and the professor Stephen Heins hosts Tom Shepstone from Pennsylvania, who is an urban consultant, community planner, researcher and advisor for zoning and land use in the Northeast of the U.S. Shepstone began the conversation by providing a history of the Appalachian Basin over […]
A rig explosion devastated Pittsburg County on Monday as five employees on the site were presumed dead pending identification of remains by the state Medical Examiner’s office. Emergency officials received calls about a rig fire around 8:45 a.m. Monday and aerial footage of the scene later showed the derrick at […]
The Weekly Word is a weekly high level discussion about energy, quality of life, globalism and the environment. This week Professor Stephen Heins and Jason Spiess are joined by Tsering Ngudu is a Senior Equity Analyst at Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.. Summary written by Stephen Heins, The Word Merchant. Jason […]
Year in Review – GroundBreakers Interview: Brad Lincoln, owner, FunkWerks Brewery, Fort Collins, CO Lincoln talks about his transition from accounting to opening a microbrewery in Fort Collins to having their unique brews on taps across the western half of the United States. Year in Review – GroundBreakers Interview: Charles […]
Interview: Susan Mickley, MPH – the author of a new report that reviews Pennsylvania Department of Health data on mortality rates in the most drilled counties in the Marcellus, Professor Stephen Heins, energy columnist, owner of the Word Merchant; and Jason Spiess, The Crude Life Media Network. Summary written by […]
Part 1-of-5 in a Series on ReFracs in the Bakken Over the past decade, oil companies have been searching for innovative techniques in order to find new recoverable oil in new places. According to industry reports, approximately 75,000 new wells have been drilled in North America during that time. As […]
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum explains how the 15,000 jobs available in the state will be filled by out-of-the-region and out-of-country workers if the area doesn’t fill those positions. He compares a few aspects of what is happening to the Bakken’s economy to what happened in Canada.
Year in Review – The Davis Refinery Interview: Dan Hedrington, principal, SEH Hedrington gives some examples reasons the timelines have been pushed back several times over the past year with the construction date on the Davis Refinery. Year in Review – The Davis Refinery Interview: William Prentice, CEO, Meridian Energy […]
Small Business USA Interview: Ashley Jonas, yogi-entrepreneur, SimplyAshes.com Jonas talks about how a young female is making it in the marketplace. She talks about her product, yoga, and how it is viewed as a specialty and how her online store is another way to generate revenue. Workplace Wellness Interview: Erik […]
In this episode of The Weekly Bakken Get-Together, Jason Spiess sits down with North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum. After a brief update on the Fargo-Moorhead Flood Project, the conversation is directed to oil and gas. Specifically Gov. Burgum’s challenge to the oil and gas industry. Burgum has four goals and […]
Interview: Ben Hanson, Candidate for US House of Represenatives, North Dakota In this exclusive interview with US House Candidate Ben Hanson, host Jason Spiess and Hanson discuss the a recent article in the Wall Street Journal pitting the Eastern side of North Dakota against the Western side, fighting for tax […]
Small Business USA Interview: Lynn Helms, director, North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources Helms explains why business leaders, political leaders and players involved in major decisions need to reinvent themselves as leaders in today’s global economy. GroundBreakers Interview: David Owen, Legalize ND Owen discusses his full cannabis legaliztion ballot initiative, […]
Interview: Professor Stephen Heins, energy columnist and owner, The Word Merchant In this week’s episode of The Weekly Word, host Jason Spiess and Heins talk about the ever-changing global oil industry. A big portion of the discussion is on the addition of oil and gas jobs across the country, and […]
Energy Economy Interview: US Senator John Hoeven Senator Hoeven talks about Energy Technology and how it is driving much of the region’s UAS industry. GroundBreakers Interview: Chris Stone, CEO, HCI Alternatives Stone discusses his company’s research into medicinal cannabis and opioid addiction and how it has lead to proposed legislation […]
Interview: Professor Stephen Heins, The Word Merchant and Jim Willis, Marcellus Drilling News This week on The Weekly Word with Professor Stephen Heins, Jim Willis from the Marcellus Drilling News joined the energy-themed conversation. The discussion began with some of the similarities and differences between the Bakken and the Marcellus […]
Davis Refinery Update Interview: William Prentice, CEO, Meridian Energy Group and The Davis Refinery, Belfield, ND Prentice opines why the North Dakota Department of Health is taking longer than expected and compares the permit timeline to the Dakota Prairie Refinery built in Dickinson, ND, a fews years ago. Energy Economy […]
Energy Economy Interview: US Senator John Hoeven Senator Hoeven talks about the importance of “Succession Planning” in oil and gas and how other industries are discussing passing the torch as many get ready to retire. GroundBreakers Interview: Austin Aries, professional wrestler, author and speaker Aries recaps his WWE run, WrestleMania […]
Interview: Professor Stephen Heins, energy columnist and owner, The Word Merchant On this week’s installment of The Weekly Word with professor Stephen Heins, climate change and environmentalism are discussed. Heins begins talking about the recent pipeline spills and how pipelines are still the most effecient and safe means fo crude […]
In the latest installment of The Weekly Bakken Get Together, host Jason Spiess sits down with U.S. Senator John Hoeven to discuss: Energy development in the Bakken Comments on North Dakota Governor’s challenge to oil and gas Quality of life increases in the Bakken How energy is driving ND’s entrepreneurship […]
Interview: Mike Marcil, CEO, Orange Property Management In addition to overseeing 209 rental units in Watford City, Marcil has business interest in a number of other companies in the Bakken. “We have been having discussions about the outlook for keeping high occupancy in Watford City over the next five years,” […]
Workplace Wellness Interview: Dr. Robert C. Nielsen, Nielsen Counseling Nielsen talks about ways to communicate with your boss after messing up at work and other tricky situations at the workplace. GroundBreakers Interview: Dave McCarthy, senior product director, Bsquare McCarthy discusses the emerging IoT technology and how it is impacting energy, […]
Davis Refinery Update Interview: William Prentice, CEO, Meridian Energy Group and The Davis Refinery, Belfield, ND Prentice talks about some of the unique and unexpected events that have happened over the past year in constructing the Davis Refinery. One example he describes is the Bakken oil has less sulfur content […]
One of the more under-told stories of the Bakken right now is the change in housing. A few years ago media outlets across the country were lined up to compare the Bakken’s housing prices to Manhattan and Beverly Hills, CA. Well times have changed and so has the Bakken housing, […]
Interview: Professor Stephen Heins, energy columnist and owner, The Word Merchant In this week’s installment of The Weekly Word, Professor Heins checks in from Baltimore, MD, where the 129th Annual Meeting and Education Conference for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. Heins gives an update on the theme of […]
Interview: Dave McCarthy, Senior Director of Products, Bsquare McCarthy discusses the technology integration happening in the oil and gas industry and how where companies are finding success. According to McCarthy, Bsquare is an industrial IoT solutions provider that offers data analytics solutions for oil & gas companies, as a sector […]
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