Geoff Gordon-Creed of the Well Done Foundation joined Jason Spiess on The Crude Life and KLXX 1270AM’s Talk of the Town with Steve Bakken to discuss orphan wells, his recent presentation at COP27 and what’s next for for the non profit in 2023. Gordon-Creed starts off the interview by discussing […]
Texas continues to lead the U.S. in energy production, led by the oil and natural gas industry. In 2021, Texas crude oil accounted for 43% of all U.S. production and 25% of all marketed natural gas production. Texas also has the greatest number of crude oil refineries and the greatest […]
The Los Angeles City Council has voted unanimously to immediately ban new oil and gas extraction and requires all such existing operations to halt production within 20 years, the Los Angeles Times reported. Council President Paul Krekorian described the ordinance as a “monumental step” in the history of the city and its […]
Kunal Patel is a senior business economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas joins Jason Spiess for an update on the oil and gas activity in the 11th District, including the Permian Basin in Texas. Activity in the oil and gas sector expanded at a strong pace in the […]
Here are this week’s special guests and energy experts on The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 485. Levi Perkins, Perkins Electric Innovations, and Kenley Nebeker, TrainND Northwest, give an update on the EVolution Hybrid project. Perkins explains how weight becomes a major hurdle in trucking, fuel logistics and EV […]
Jack Ekstrom, former principal for PolicyWorks America, as well as a veteran executive in the oil and gas industry, joined Steve Bakken and Jason Spiess on KLXX-AM SuperTalk 1270‘s for a live interview on the radio and podcast recording for The Crude Life. The three discussed the recent election and […]
In this installment of a Decade of Discussion is from 2017, the featured guest is professional wrestler and plant-based speaker Austin Aries. Recognized for his in-ring and his verbal skills on the mic, Austin Aries’ impressive resume includes multiple championship titles, most notably in Ring of Honor Wrestling (First 2x […]
Here are this week’s special guests and energy experts on The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 484. The Mayor of Williston Howard Klug may be the busiest man in the Bakken right now. “Just got done with a two-hour meeting with the National Guard Emergency Management and statewide radio, […]
Here are this week’s special guests and energy experts on The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 483. Keith Olson, Regional Director of the North Dakota Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) shares recent data indicating the Bakken’s small business case load is slightly ahead of the state’s largest city – […]
When it comes to life, time is money. In transportation it’s time and weight that equal money. Well in the world of EV Transportation, it’s time, weight and temperature that mean money. In this exclusive interview with Levi Perkins, Perkins Electric Innovation, and Kenley Nebeker, TrainND Northwest, the two discuss […]
Joe Sinnott, Witting Partners and the host of The Energy Detox Podcast, joins Jason Spiess to talk about laying eggs in business, how to communicate internally and why leadership needs to step up their humanity game right now. Below is the transcript from the interview. Jason Spiess Let’s head over to […]
The city of Williston, ND, looks very different than it did when Shawn Wenko was growing up. “I was born and raised in Williston, moved away in the 90’s because there wasn’t a lot of opportunity,” Wenko said. “But today, it is such a different industry than it was back […]
Here are this week’s special guests and energy experts on The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 482. Keith Olson, Regional Director of the North Dakota Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) shares recent data indicating the Bakken’s small business case load is slightly ahead of the state’s largest city – […]
The Mayor of Williston Howard Klug may be the busiest man in the Bakken right now. “Just got done with a two-hour meeting with the National Guard Emergency Management and statewide radio, the days just keep going,” Mayor Klug said. “The day started with a county liaison meeting and unfortunately […]
Stephen Heins, The Energy Pragmatist, comments on several recent ESG news items including the recent report on ESG Annual Report filings are up again this year. Heins also discuss the growing movement known as Anti-ESG. States, political leaders and energy professionals are among the topics mentioned in the Anti-ESG talks. Host […]
While the rest of the country faces uncertainty, the Bakken is still keeping their small business owners busy. “Most of the customers I work with on the oil and gas front are staying very busy,” said Keith Olson, Regional Director of the North Dakota Small Business Development Centers (SBDC). “Right […]
Hunter Berg has a fantastic job these days. Finding students who want a “free education” at Williston State College. According to Hunter Berg, executive director, Williston State College Foundation, the university has been blessed by the Bakken Boom. Over the past 50 years, scholarships were created by the generosity of […]
Here are this week’s special guests and energy experts for The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 481. Dr. Loren Scott just finished his annual Economic Forecast for the State of Louisiana and the news is the economy is going to get better, but first it’s going to get worse. […]
Terry Etam, author of The End of Fossil Fuel Insanity: Clearing the Air Before Cleaning the Air, columnist for the BOE Report and writer for Public Energy Number One, gives an update on the oil and gas activity north of the border. Canada’s Greatest Export shares a story about the […]
Here are this week’s guests for The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 480. 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 importance […]
Dr. Loren Scott just finished his annual Economic Forecast for the State of Louisiana and the news is the economy is going to get better, but first it’s going to get worse. The interview explains why from OPEC to European gas to natural disasters to Biden’s policy’s. “People should be […]
Here are this week’s guests for The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 479. Kenley Nebeker, executive director, TrainND Northwest and Levi Perkins, Perkins Electric Innovations explain what the EVolution Hybrid is all about. Curtis Shuck, Chairman, Well Done Foundation gives an update from Midland, Texas as well as their […]
Activity in the oil and gas sector expanded at a strong pace in the third quarter, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey. The business activity index—the survey’s broadest measure of conditions facing Eleventh District energy firms—remained elevated at 46.0 but below the 57.7 […]
The national average pump price for a gallon of gas maintained its recent surge, rising seven cents over the past week to hit $3.79. Tight supply and increased demand as more drivers fuel up are the main culprits. “The regional differences in gas prices are stark at the moment, with […]
Here are this week’s guests for The Crude Life Week In Review Episode 478. Kenley Nebeker, executive director, TrainND Northwest and Levi Perkins, Perkins Electric Innovations explain what the EVolution Hybrid is all about. Curtis Shuck, Chairman, Well Done Foundation gives an update from Midland, Texas as well as their […]
The Department of the Interior today announced that the Proposed Notice of Sale for Lease Sale 258 in Cook Inlet, Alaska will be available for review in the Federal Register tomorrow. In the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Congress directed that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) hold Lease Sale […]
The Industrial EVoultion has begun in the Bakken oilfields. In the heart of the Bakken, TrainND Northwest has taken on a project to help transition fossil fuel jobs and training into a hybrid world. “One of the things we looked at with the EVolution Hybrid is the future of the […]
Curtis Shuck has been extremely busy the past three years plugging orphan wells, monitoring methane levels and cutting through government bureaucracy. This past April, on Earth Day, The Crude Life interviewed Shuck regarding his recent orphan well work in Ohio and Louisiana, and Texas was off the radar due to […]
It’s Back-To-School with Executive Coach, Podcaster and Professional Speaker Joe Sinnott of Witting Partners and The Energy Detox Podcast as he talks with Jason Spiess about the shift in the workplace, home life and society. The two discuss how the shift in energy can make the workplace a completely new […]
Kenley Nebeker, executive director, TrainND Northwest, joins Jason Spiess to talk about their “$2.8M grant” they were able to obtain from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) as well as their Drone Light Show in Williston after the Babe Ruth World Series. The “sustainability” grant is funded by the American Rescue […]
Tom Shepstone, founder of NaturalGasNow, joins Jason Spiess to discuss some of the activity happening on the eastern portion of the United States, specifically the Marcellus Utica Appalachia Basins. “In terms of regulations, we are still involved with the Delaware Basin Commission to allow us to drill on our side […]
Kunal Patel is a senior business economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas joins Jason Spiess for an update on the oil and gas activity in the 11th District, including the Permian Basin in Texas. Activity in the oil and gas sector expanded at a robust pace in second […]
United States Air Force Veteran Mark J. Lindquist joined Jason Spiess live from the Ukraine with a boots on the ground report for media platforms The Crude Life and the Bismarck-Mandan KLXX SUPERTALK 1270AM. “Jason, our here in the Ukraine, we call this the first Instagram War,” Lindquist said. “This war is […]
North Dakota State School Superintendent and Administrator of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler joins Jason Spiess to discuss the upcoming school year as well as a public meeting September 8 regarding Critical Race Theory. According to Brookings.edu, Critical Race Theory is: Simply put, critical race theory […]
The ubiquitous reality of social media is here. The majority of workers spend the majority of their days on a computer or smart phone with their personal Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts open and accessible. As more and more corporations, companies and governments socially engineer students, workers and families […]
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