Deck the halls this holiday season with these incredible gifts from the oil and gas industry! Well heck, deck the garage, your head and office too!
Here are some Holiday Gift Ideas for you, your office and even your family. Support oil and gas jobs this year by shopping Inside Industry with these fabulous products and services.
6. Blind Joe SWAG and Music Singles
Blind Joe, who is more than a good friend of The Crude Life, not only has an acoustic Christmas album, but also has a new single out “Hello Huntin'” for those who wish to support an outlaw country singer songwriter.
Click link for Blind Joe’s music
The rowdy non-stop rebel soul that is Blind Joe is as infectious as a night of Jack Daniels and a few Hank Williams songs on the jukebox.
Joe has shared the stage with numerous top local and regional acts, as well as national recording artists such as David Allan Coe, Craig Morgan, John Anderson, James Otto, Collin Ray, Buddy Guy, Bret Michaels of Poison, and many more.
After multiple cross country tours, playing to thousands of fans and an excellent run on Season 9 of NBC’s The Voice, Blind Joe is fast becoming a household name. Although if you asked him, he would humbly tell you, “I’m just bringin’ that good stuff back”.
With his quick witted sense of humor, original country music, and energetic stage presence, Blind Joe is tapping his way quickly into the hearts and minds of people all over the United States.
And for those football fans looking for a unique gift to get, consider this. Blind Joe was the musician selected by the North Dakota State Bison football program to be the lyrical voice to their broadcasting production. The song is called “Horns Up” and is the NDSU Bison Theme Song.
Blind Joe is also a friend to the oil and gas industry. In 2014, The Crude Life and Blind Joe worked together on a music montage highlighting some of the incredible events taking place with the American Shale Revolution.
Currently all of Blind Joe’s walking sticks, canes and bottle openers are sold out, but if you’d like to be added to the list, shoot Blind Joe an email and his computer will read it to him.
And in case you’re wondering, YES, he really is blind 🙂 Editor’s Note: Joe, if you are reading this… I mean hearing this, Merry Christmas my friend, you are an inspiration to my son and I everyday buddy!
Support a rowdy non-stop rebel soul that is known as Blind Joe this holiday season.
Click link for Blind Joe’s music
5. Bakken BBQ SWAG
For over 10 years, the Bakken BBQ has been a Summertime Staple for western North Dakota, the energy industry and Bakken community. What started as an idea from Tiffany Steiner and Jackie Jenkin, has morph into one of the biggest fundraising BBQ’s in the Upper Midwest and oil and gas industry.
In order to pull off this event, it takes more than two co-founders, a committee and group of volunteers, no, it takes heart and soul.
This is one of the special energies the Bakken BBQ cooks up. Partnering with other non profits like Make A Wish, has presented some memorable moments at the Bakken BBQ. In addition to highlighting the children and Make A Wish during the event, the Bakken BBQ has also presented several “Gifts” live on stage.
The Bakken BBQ also works with the local university cheer teams for cross-promotional fundraising opportunities, community spirit and brand engagement.
One very unique aspect of the Bakken BBQ in comparison to other industry events, it their connection to public affairs and social issues impacting the local communities.
For example, the 9th Annual Bakken BBQ featured local dignitaries addressing the crowd, a public awareness on mental health from Teen Miss North Dakota Alexzandria Garcia, DAPL BBQ smoked potatoes for vegetarians, special recognition to Mich Hager for her contributions to the industry and a live performance of “5000 Candles” from Alma Cook with children on stage holding battery-powered candles.
The Bakken BBQ Charities was created in 2013 and became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2020. The 501c3 is supported by revenues from the Bakken BBQ, as well as donations from companies and others.
The Bakken BBQ Charities’ mission is to inspire hope and strengthen our community by creating meaningful change that empowers and improves the lives of our neighbors facing hardships.
If you would like to network with industry AND promote your company to the community AND BBQ for a cause, email bakkenbbq@hotmail.com.
The Bakken BBQ is a family-friendly fun event for all to enjoy with unlimited taste testing, live auction, kiddy corner, and entertainment for all walks of life. It is a true community event open to anyone and everyone.
Click here for the Bakken BBQ SWAG Page
4. Trunkline Socks
In addition to their socks, Trunkline offers a search and connect service to over 200 energy service companies. Operators, vendors and energy investors are their regular customers, however, those looking at integration and efficiency are changing the analytics.
Trunkline allows companies to showcase their project work, attract more customers in their industry, and bid on more jobs.
The oilfield is more competitive than ever. Every service company deserves a sales and marketing tool that works.
If you are a company that is struggling with:
– Winning project bids
– Promoting your services
– Driving traffic to your website
– Digital marketing ideas
– Finding new customers
Trunkline gets it and oilfield marketing can be hard.
Over the past six years, they’ve helped hundreds of service companies strengthen their online presence and increase their sales.
How Trunkline Works:
Step 1: Add photos of your work
Step 2: Share your profile
Step 3: Win more jobs
Visit their website to become a member and or affiliate member.
3. The 22nd Annual Energy Exposition and Symposium
This year, event planners are striving to bring “The Most Energized EXPO on the Planet” to Jackson Hole, Wy. and your SWAG will have an incredible backdrop to promote on social media. Not to mention the high level executive who will be attending and picking up some top-of-the-line SWAG.
The Energy Exposition has educated tens of thousands of people in Gillette, Wyoming; Billings, Montana, and Loveland, Colorado, over the last 20 years on procedures, technology, safety, environmental practices, and equipment used in the oil and gas industry.
The serious work of producing and supplying energy to the United States and the rest of the world begins Tuesday morning, September 19th, with attendees and presenters gathering at the Snow King Events Center. Dr. Glen Murrell, the first Executive Director of the Wyoming Energy Authority, will open and welcome everyone to the event.
Exhibitors and Symposiasts represent a wide range of services, including but not limited to, exploration, production, downstream, and all phases of support to the oil and gas industry.
“Energy Resources Symposiast will explore the latest energy policies and development plans. We will address topics that include technology options, supply-chain management, and logistics advancements in building and managing production and delivery infrastructures,” event organizer Austin Jennings said. “Traditional fossil fuel industries are now combining with wind, solar, nuclear, hydrogen, hydro, pumped hydro, geothermal and more, to create an even more dependable, affordable, and safe energy production and delivery system.”
Jennings added that attendees will be able to enjoy a comfortable gathering place for individual stakeholders to come together and share their experiences, perspectives, and lessons learned, as well as discuss operational challenges, best practices, and innovations that will influence all energy sectors in North America.
To reserve Exhibit Space contact
Austin Jennings
239-898-3923
austin@energyexposition.com
***Mention PROMO CODE: OTIS to receive a discount and special gift!
Wyoming produces 13 times more energy than it consumes, and it is the second-biggest net energy supplier among the states, after Texas.
Wyoming has been the top coal-producing state since 1986, accounting for about two-fifths of all coal mined in the United States in 2020. The state holds nearly two-fifths of U.S. coal reserves at producing mines.
Wyoming was the eighth-largest crude oil-producing state in the nation in 2021, accounting for slightly more than 2% of U.S. total crude oil output. The state was the ninth-largest natural gas producer, and accounted for about 3% of U.S. marketed gas production.
Wyoming’s large energy-producing sector and small population help make the state have the highest per capita energy consumption and the second-most energy-intensive state economy, after Louisiana.
Wind power in Wyoming has more than doubled since 2019 and accounted for 19% of the state’s electricity net generation in 2021. The amount of installed wind power-generating capacity in the state nearly doubled to just over 3,000 megawatts during 2020 and 2021.
As the marketing slogan goes, Wyoming is setting the stage on how to use all sources of energy.
2. A custom knife from Little Wolf IronWorks, owned by History Channel’s “Forged In Fire” winner Cody Adolphson
According to IMDB, “Forged in Fire” tests some of the best bladesmiths in the industry as they attempt to re-create some of history’s most iconic edged weapons. Former Army Ranger Wil Willis hosts the competition series that sees four master bladesmiths challenged in each episode to forge the swords, which are then tested by a panel of judges consisting of J. Neilson, who has been making knives for more than 20 years, hand-to-hand combat specialist Doug Marcaida, and David Baker, an authority on replicating period-accurate weaponry.
The contestant who survives the elimination rounds and wins the episode’s contest earns $10,000 and the title of Forged in Fire champion.
Adolphson was that bladesmith who survived, won and took home the $10,000 prize.
“I made a Cinquedea Sword,” Adolphson said. “It is an Italian Renaissance era sword that a nobleman carried and it’s a very wide blade at the base. Cinquedea actually means five-finger-blade, the base of the blade is the width of your five fingers.”
The championship sword took 32 hours to complete over 4 days. The show also allows the finalists to return to their “home forge” to forge the final entry.
Adolphson started Living The Crude Life right after high school when he started welding for WesCon at the Marathon Refinery in Mandan, North Dakota.
“I started this when I was 18, jumped in a welding truck and went to work,” Adolphson said. “I started with WesCon, local company, and traveled around with them for a while. Built the refinery in Dickinson, worked up in Watford here and there and then ended up coming back to the refinery.”
Second generation welder, Adolphson has been welding since he was 10-year-old and, despite entering into knife making, sees it always in his future for the rest of his life.
“I’ve done welding for the past 11-years and knife making kinda caught my eye, one day I’d life to go full time,” Adolphson said. “That’s the goal, but I’ll always do some kind of welding in my shop here.”
Dipping a toe into the knife-making waters, Adolphson began taking an order here and there while working full time as a pipe welder. It was this part-time forging that opened his eyes to a whole new world of possibilities in the world of bladesmithing.
“I’ve made handles with meteorites and mammoth tusk,” Adolphson. “These knives are forever knives and meant to be handed down for generations.”
To contact Cody Adolphson and inquire about Custom Knives (or welding jobs), click here
1. Custom Merch and SWAG from Oilfield 365 Branding Company, they do Screen Printing, Embroidery and promotional products.
Oilfield 365 was created while Jose Arizaga was waiting for a wireline run to be done. As he waited, he started to browse the web looking for some oilfield shirts.
“To be honest, there wasn’t much that captured my attention. In fact, what I found was that there is a lack of clothing for the Oilfield community,” Jose said. “So I grabbed my iPad and started putting ideas together.”
There are different aspects to this type of work and Jose wanted his “oilfield brothers and sisters” to be able to wear a shirt with their specific trade and show off their industry and company pride.
“It takes a special type of person to get into our industry,” Jose said. “We are doing the world’s dirty work and this life is not for everyone. We are without a doubt a special kind of breed. Working 100 plus hours a week, this ain’t no 9-5 job.”
Jose understands first hand why workers need their heads protected from hard hats to bad hair days to the Bakken winters.
“Whether it be in 100 plus degree weather or negative degree weather, for me the worst was -58 degrees in North Dakota, I’m wearing a hat on and off the job,” Jose said. “I’m currently working in West Texas right now and we don’t stop no matter how tired we are. I just throw on my and and we just always seem get the job done to literally keep the lights on!”
To learn more about Jose Arizaga and Oilfield 365, click here
Check back tomorrow for #6 in our 12 Days of SWAG
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