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, […]
Here are this week’s special guests on The Crude Life Week in Review Episode 442. The Crude Life Content News Correspondent Ken Lavin interviews Harold Hamm, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Continental Resources, after he spoke at Wildcatters Wednesday at The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma. Hamm talks about the […]
The following industry experts, policy makers and community leaders have engaged with The Crude Life regarding President Joe Biden’s first year in office, which has impacted the energy industry in historic ways. “President Biden’s economic policies have reversed the V-shaped recovery of the Trump Administration. And yet, even today, the […]
Brandy Johnson, Chief Technology and Engineering Officer, Babcock & Wilcox, joins Jason Spiess to discuss carbon capture and storage technologies. Johnson talks in detail about their new ClimateBright™ and how it is seeing productive results for industry. “The ClimateBright suite of decarbonization technologies are designed to help utilities and industry […]
US Senator John Hoeven engaged with The Crude Life after the North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) approved the Class VI permit for the geologic storage of CO2 from Project Tundra. This carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project is able to advance due to the 45Q tax credit, which helps […]
Crescent Point Energy has reported a release occurring Thursday, January 20 at the CPEUSC Sonny 25 saltwater disposal, about 11 miles northwest of Epping, North Dakota. Crescent Point Energy reported that 800 barrels of produced water were released due to an alarm failure. At the time of reporting 800 barrels […]
Matt Young of Flowco Production Solutions talks with Jason Spiess at the PBIOS Podcast Party sponsored by The Wireline Group at the Permian Basin International Oil Show (PBIOS) in Odessa, Texas. Flowco Production Solutions is artificial lift. Flowco specializes in the design, installation and optimization of gas lift and plunger lift systems, made in the USA, serving oil […]
Texas Senate Candidate Kevin Sparks spoke about foster care and the issue of sex trafficking at the social action event Flock Sock & Barrel at Frisky’s in Odessa, TX. Sparks joined Jason Spiess and The Podcast PreShow Party with special co-host Ashley Smith of Truckers Against Trafficking to discuss several […]
Ongoing Railroad Commission of Texas site visits to natural gas facilities show that significant progress has been made by Texas facilities to supply the fuel in emergency weather conditions. As the recent freezing weather at the end of December demonstrated, much needed quantities of natural gas did flow to electric […]
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, delivered remarks at a press conference regarding Ukraine. This immediately follows Senator Cramer’s participation in the bipartisan congressional delegation (CODEL) trip to Kiev to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. On Ukraine: “In the spirit of unity, let […]
Here are this week’s special guests on The Crude Life Week in Review Episode 441. Bakken BBQ co-founders Tiffany Steiner and Jackie Jenkin give a recap of the 9th Annual Bakken BBQ and preview of the 10th Annual Bakken BBQ. The 9th Annual Bakken BBQ raised $87K with donations of […]
The Railroad Commission of Texas assessed $848,845 in fines involving 185 enforcement dockets against operators and businesses at the Commissioners’ Conference on Tuesday, January 11. The Commission has primary oversight and enforcement of the state’s oil and gas industry and intrastate pipeline safety. Seven dockets involved $385,383 in penalties after […]
For the fossil fuel worker, they are living in the days when the grocery store took out the farmer in the eyes of public perception, only this time it’s the lightswitch. A lightswitch magically powered by renewable, sustainable energy and any fossil fuels powering the grid are just holding back […]
Tara Norris Rasmuson sat down with host Jason Spiess to discuss her journey from petroleum to publishing. Tara was a landman (aka landwoman …. aka land negotiator) while working in oil and gas. Now she is the publisher of the Greeley Lifestyle Magazine. “I started out at the bottom answering […]
Kunal Patel, senior business economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, joins Jason Spiess to dissect their 4th Quarter Survey of 134 energy firms, 90 were exploration and production firms and 44 were oilfield services firms. The oil and gas sector continued growing in fourth quarter 2021, according to oil and […]
Watford City High School alumni Hailey Carns and Lily Olson talk about growing up in the oil patch and what college is like now. The Crude Life Content News Correspondents Matthew Hill interviews Camelia Knapp, head of Boone Pickens School of Geology and Thomas Cronin, CEO of K. Stewart Exploration […]
Sarah Stogner feels her past has lead her to be exactly where she is today. Basic overview is Sarah is an attorney with an oil and gas background who happens to be living on a ranch with regular blow outs in the Permian Basin. On one hand her passion for […]
As Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) issues transition from fringe to the mainstream conversations in the financial markets, the ESG acronym has already taken hold before the “official rules” have been approved and implemented. Right now the S in ESG is primarily dictated by the media, social media mobs and […]
Weld County Councilman At Large Elijah Hatch joins host Jason Spiess to discuss his recent announcement that he is running for an Weld County At-Large seat in Colorado. Hatch explains how his background in technology, energy and agriculture have led him down a path towards humane and logical policies for […]
Here are this week’s special guests on The Crude Life Week in Review. Clark Williams-Derry, Energy Finance Analyst for the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) shares his views and insight on a recent report “Has the Bakken Peaked? Exhaustion of High-quality Drilling Sites Could Point to Falling […]
Growing up in an oil town can create a number of unique opportunities. Watford City may be the center of it all too with their remarkable community facilities and school amenities. Watford City High School alumni Hailey Carns and Lily Olson talk about growing up in the oil patch and […]
I spent the majority of the holiday season talking to random people at holiday parties and found out the average person knows nothing about ESG. Let alone what actually turns their light switch on. In fact most of the people I spoke with believe wind is what currently powers most […]
Tom Slocum joins Jason Spiess regarding his recent announcement running for Railroad Commission of Texas in 2022. Slocum explains why he is running for office and how he would approach the position in a modern way. Slocum talks about introducing Bitcoin to well sites, repealing the Flared Gas Tax, making […]
Here are this week’s special guests on The Crude Life Week in Review. Texas Senate Candidate Kevin Sparks joined Jason Spiess and The Podcast PreShow Party with special co-host Ashley Smith of Truckers Against Trafficking to discuss several social issues, like homelessness, sex trafficking and foster care, in the Permian […]
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