With over 400 exhibiting companies, 300 prospects and millions of acres registered, the NAPE expo floor is open for business — and dealmakers and decision-makers are connecting, reconnecting and making deals happen! Zach and Allison Corcoran of Sir Drake Oil and Gas Co. in Corpus Christi, Texas, hit pay dirt […]
Matt Welch, State Director at Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation, talks with Jason Spiess about the The Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance (TXGEA) and how he sees geothermal energy playing a role in oil and gas. The Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance is a Texas-based, Texas-led advocacy organization created for the purpose […]
NAPE Summit is live at the George R. Brown Convention Center, bringing unrivaled opportunities to learn, connect and make deals happen across the energy sector. On Wednesday, NAPE dealmakers, decision-makers and information seekers learned from industry-thought leaders at the Global Business Conference and networked with friends old and new at […]
Western Energy Alliance submitted testimony for consideration by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks in conjunction with a hearing on the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA). The Alliance submitted testimony as it is unlikely the USDA Forest Service and Department of the Interior witnesses will acknowledge that oil and natural […]
The International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) Texas A&M Student Body Chapter has scheduled their second ESG event titled Oil & Gas ESG Summit: From the Perspective of Academia, Regulatory, & Industry Representatives. “We are excited to bring people together this year because last year we had to go online […]
This week, National Farmers Union (NFU) submitted comments on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of the Army’s (“the agencies”) proposed rule to revise the definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA). “Farmers and ranchers understand the importance of clean water on […]
Many of you in the industry may not know that I am a wordsmith by education. This particular education at North Dakota State was a bit different than others for sure. One of the main reasons it was different was Tim and Deanna Sellnow. This husband and wife team of […]
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack unveiled a new “opportunity that will support farmers and ranchers in their efforts to fight climate change”. The Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities will fund pilot projects to accelerate the role farmers and ranchers play in providing climate solutions. Vilsack made the announcement at Lincoln University […]
NAPE Summit returns Feb. 8-11 to the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Following a hybrid show in 2021, the 2022 NAPE Summit will be an in-person experience welcoming hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of attendees back to the action-packed expo floor. The week kicks off Tuesday, Feb. 8, […]
Dwayne Farris of Black Creek K-9 Pipeline Leak Detection joins Jason Spiess for an update on working dogs within industry. Farris talks about the different types of dogs doing a variety of work for oil and gas operators, as well as others. Farris gives an overview of how their dogs detect […]
Earthstone Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ESTE) (“Earthstone” or the “Company”) announced that it has entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) to acquire the assets of privately held Bighorn Permian Resources, LLC (“Bighorn”) located in the Midland Basin (the “Bighorn Acquisition”). The aggregate purchase price of the Bighorn Acquisition is approximately $860 […]
The Crude Life‘s Jason Spiess joined Steve Bakken on Talk of the Town on SuperTalk 1270AM Bismarck to talk about ESG, Harold Hamm‘s donation and why Mercedes Benz just separated itself from the pack. Host Steve Bakken starts the conversation out by recapping the donation of $10 million to the […]
Petro Harvester Operating Co. LLC has notified The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division of two location fires that started on Monday, January 31. The first incident occurred at the Busch 5-1H & 32-1H well pad, about 4 miles west of Portal, North Dakota. Petro Harvester reported that 962 barrels […]
Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) confirmed that Ohio will receive $256,028,000 in new federal funding under the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to clean up hazardous, abandoned oil and gas sites known as “orphaned wells.” Congressman Ryan says this new funding will improve Ohio’s environment, create good-paying union jobs, and […]
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s Induced Seismicity Department directed three Arbuckle oil and gas wastewater disposal wells to shut down and restricted production at other wells following Monday morning’s 4.5-magnitude earthquake. Around 11:10 a.m., the U.S. Geological Survey recorded a large earthquake in northern Oklahoma, about 4.5 miles northwest of Medford. […]
Op/Ed written by Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance Western Energy Alliance submitted public comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the proposed methane regulations under the Clean Air Act. The Alliance detailed how certain provisions of EPA’s rule will be technically infeasible to implement, lead to […]
The following is an Op/Ed written by Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright Over the last year, the oil and gas producing regions in Texas, including those in Permian Basin, have experienced an increase in seismic activity. Seismic activity associated with the production of oil and gas is nothing new, and […]
I took a call this week from someone who had been shunning and shaming my attempts for an ESG conversation for nearly five years now. “OK what’s all this ESG stuff,” he grumbled. “My banker tells me I need it, so what’s this all about?” First off, this is an […]
Here are this week’s special guests on The Crude Life Week in Review Episode 443. Colorado State Senator Ray Scott gives an update on the 2022 Colorado Legislative Session. According to Scott, the Department of Natural Resources spoke right before the interview with Jason Spiess and Scott said they reported […]
Southern Energy Corp. announces the spudding of its three Selma Chalk horizontal wells in the Gwinville field targeting natural gas. The three wells will be drilled from the same surface pad site and batch drilled for operational and capital efficiencies. Subject to successful completion, first production from the wells is […]
Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Pat Bertagnolli of Watford City to serve as executive director of Job Service North Dakota, effective Feb. 21, citing his extensive background in workforce recruitment, his experience in both the public and private sectors and his service on the state’s Workforce Development Council. Bertagnolli has served […]
Curtis Shuck, Chairman of the Board, Well Done Foundation, joins Jason Spiess to talk about their latest partnership with Texas-based distillery Tito’s Handmade Vodka and the Felty Family Challenge. The craft spirits company will funded the non-profit’s first well-plugging project of 2022. The well, known as Fenner #2, was installed […]
The Crude Life Content News Correspondent Ken Lavin was Live and Local in Tulsa for the ClearSign Technologies Corp. ribbon cutting and press conference. The reason for the event was to recognize ClearSign Technologies’ moving its headquarters from Seattle to Tulsa. Ken Lavin spoke with their CEO Jim Deller about […]
ExxonMobil is expanding its interests in biofuels that can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, acquiring a 49.9% stake in Biojet AS, a Norwegian biofuels company that plans to convert forestry and wood-based construction waste into lower-emissions biofuels and biofuel components. ExxonMobil expands interest in biofuels, acquires […]
Whistler Pipeline LLC (“Whistler”) announced the expansion of the Whistler pipeline’s Midland basin footprint with a new 36-inch lateral extending northwest into Martin County. The Martin County lateral will lengthen the existing 36-inch Midland lateral approximately 35 miles and connect to multiple processing sites in the county. The lateral is […]
Jack Stark, Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Continental Resources has announced his intention to retire by late Spring 2022. Upon retirement, Jack will transition into a part-time consulting role as a senior advisor to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Bill Berry, who will become the President and CEO. Jack […]
Heath Holloway, CEO, Titan Solutions, joins Jason Spiess to talk about their 3-Year Anniversary with Incident Free Operations in their Greeley, Colorado offices. Heath is fourth generation oil and gas with Greeley the headquarters for their service company. Titan Solutions also has operations in Wyoming that services the Powder River […]
Todd Garland, CEO, Great American Mining company is one of those “smart clever capitalists” who has cracked multiple codes to figure out ways to mine bitcoin across Shale Play USA. Garland joins Jason Spiess for an update on their goal to mine a solution for emission management while generating value […]
The Carbon Mapper and Environmental Defense Fund released insights generated from three years of airborne surveys (conducted between 2019 and 2021) using advanced remote sensing technology to pinpoint, quantify, and track methane emissions from oil and gas production facilities in the Permian Basin across Texas and New Mexico. The data […]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected four new projects to receive up to $8.4 million to establish new geothermal energy and heat production from abandoned oil and gas wells. With this funding, DOE is partnering with existing well owners and operators to use their idle or unproductive wells to […]
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss his trip to Ukraine last week, Ukraine-Russia tensions, and Democrats’ failed Build Back Broke plan. Excerpts and the full video are below. On Joe Biden’s Leadership: “What we should have […]
The Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) highlighted updated employment figures for the Texas upstream sector. Citing the latest Current Employment Statistics (CES) report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), TIPRO reported that Texas upstream employment for December 2021 totaled 188,700, an increase of 3,000 jobs […]
GeoPark Limited (“GeoPark” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GPRK), an independent Latin American oil and gas explorer, operator and consolidator today announced its first hydrocarbon discovery in the Perico block (GeoPark non-operated, 50% WI) in the Oriente basin in Ecuador. The Jandaya 1 exploration well was drilled and completed to a […]
The first three columns of ESG University have followed a basic storytelling method. Each week we highlighted a different letter in the acronym. The first week was an Environmental overview, followed by Social and then Governance. As we enter our fourth week and column, it’s time to combine all three […]
Listen how Brian Lash’s journey in oil and gas lead him to be the founder of Target Logistics after making the decision to leave medical school and start a sports entertainment travel company. His decision evolved into creating temporary housing company where he did work for the soldiers in Iraq, […]
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