Summit Carbon Solutions Files For Siting Certification In ND

October 23, 2022 jasonspiess 0

Summit Carbon Solutions filed its application for a siting certificate with the North Dakota Public Service Commission this week. The company plans to capture carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol plants in five Midwestern states and pipe the CO2 to western North Dakota for permanent underground storage. The project will reduce the […]

American Energy Alliance Ranks Elected Leaders With Congressional Scorecard

October 21, 2022 jasonspiess 0

This week the American Energy Alliance released its American Energy Scorecard for the United States Senate.  The AEA scorecard scores voting and co-sponsorship decisions on legislation affecting energy and environmental policy, educating voters on how their senators vote and holding members accountable for those decisions.  This year’s Senate scorecard compiles […]

Lowest Gas Prices In America Coming Out Of Texas

September 9, 2022 jasonspiess 0

People say things are bigger in Texas and in this case it’s savings at the gas pump. New numbers from AAA Texas show the statewide gas price average is $3.21 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel which is 13 cents lower than last week. The national average for a […]

Senator Cramer’s Conversation With The Climate Leadership Council

May 27, 2022 jasonspiess 0

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined the Climate Leadership Council for a conversation about bipartisan opportunities surrounding the integration of climate and trade policy. Excerpts and full video are below. On an America First Approach to Trade and Climate: “It seems […]

US Department Of Labor Cites KLX In Bakken Well Explosion

May 13, 2022 jasonspiess 0

Federal workplace safety investigators determined that an oil company’s failure to take adequate safety precautions contributed to a drilling site explosion near Grassy Butte on Nov. 4, 2021, that permanently disabled one worker and left two others with serious injuries. A U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration […]

Marathon Profits $1B Plus In First Quarter

May 5, 2022 jasonspiess 0

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) today reported net income attributable to MPC of $845 million, or $1.49 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2022, compared with a net loss of $242 million, or $(0.37) per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2021. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, […]

Coal Creek Sale To Rainbow Energy Finalized

May 2, 2022 jasonspiess 0

Minnesota-based Great River Energy (GRE) sold the 1,151-megawatt power plant – North Dakota’s largest – to Rainbow Energy Center LLC, and sold the transmission system that runs from central North Dakota to Minnesota to Nexus Line LLC. Rainbow Energy Center and Nexus Line are both affiliates of Bismarck-based Rainbow Energy […]

The Crude Life Renews Partnership With MyPillow, Announce BOGO Sale

May 2, 2022 jasonspiess 0

The Crude Life Content Network has announced that MyPillow will be Living The Crude Life for awhile longer.  The agreement is effective immediately and will include product promotion, content distribution and joint-content opportunities. “We are very excited to renew our contract with MyPillow,”  Jason Spiess, founder and Chairman of The Crude […]

Three Producing Regions Drove U.S. Natural Gas Production In 2021

April 27, 2022 jasonspiess 0

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Drilling Productivity Report, Monthly Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production Report, Natural Gas Monthly In 2021, U.S. natural gas production increased 2% and reached 118.8 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) on a monthly basis in December 2021, the highest on record. Three regions drove […]

Martin Water Midstream Acquires Permian Interests

April 21, 2022 jasonspiess 0

Martin Water Midstream, LLC and its affiliates (“MWM” or the “Company”), a private water midstream operator with offices in Midland, Houston and Dallas, Texas, has acquired all of the membership interests of Corsican Midstream Permian Basin, LLC, (“Corsican”) adding approximately 16,000 acres in SUAs to MWM’s existing portfolio of SUAs. […]

Empire Petroleum’s Acquisition of Oil and Natural Gas Assets in North Dakota’s Landa Madison Unit and New Birdbear Focus Area in Central-West Williston Basin

April 21, 2022 jasonspiess 0

Empire Petroleum (NYSE American: EP) (“Empire” or the “Company”), an oil and gas company with current producing assets in Texas, Louisiana, North Dakota, Montana and New Mexico, let The Crude Life know that it has closed the acquisition of operated and non-operated oil and natural gas assets from a publicly-owned […]

Midland Mayor Addresses Sex Trafficking On Podcast

April 15, 2022 jasonspiess 0

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and National Child Abuse Prevention Month and The Crude Life continues to create awareness for organizations, communities and individuals who are shedding light on this critical issue for humanity.  The recent episode of “No Neutral Moments”, the Mayor of Midland Texas Patrick Payton […]

Historic Uses Of The Strategic Petroleum Reserve

April 5, 2022 jasonspiess 0

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the world’s largest supply of emergency crude oil. The reserve is maintained by the Department of Energy and is located along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana and Texas in underground salt caverns. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was started in 1975 after […]

Letter Calls For U.S., EU Collaboration On Climate In Trade

April 2, 2022 jasonspiess 0

U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Chris Coons (D-DE), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called on President Joe Biden to work with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to consider trade policies that reduce global emissions and strengthen geopolitical […]

Four Energized Teams March Into April Madness

April 2, 2022 jasonspiess 0

Somebody call a doctor because The Crude Life’s Madness has marched right into April. We are down to the Final Four in The Crude Life’s March Madness Tournament and it’s gearing up to be a slobberknocker of a finish. Let’s take a look at who’s left from the field of […]

Senator Cramer Meets With Ukraine Parliament Members

March 31, 2022 jasonspiess 0

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and bipartisan Senate Ukraine Caucus, met with Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova and Members of the Ukrainian Parliament. “[I met] with five members of the Rada, the parliament from Ukraine – all five of them moms, unfortunately for them, all […]

Eight Elite Companies March Into More Madness

March 26, 2022 jasonspiess 0

The Energy Detox continues for millions of Americans as The Crude Life March Madness Tournament rolls on into the Elite Eight!  It was No. 15 The Energy Detox Podcast with Joe Sinnott showing the world you can find enough energy inside yourself to achieve new heights with an inspiring victory […]

AFPI Launches Energy Petition, Former TX Gov Calls Out Biden’s Agenda

March 26, 2022 jasonspiess 0

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) launched a nationwide petition encouraging Americans to sign their name and show their support in making “America Energy Independent Again”. “It’s no secret that the Biden Administration’s failed energy policies are being felt by every American and relished by America’s enemies,” said Rick Perry, chair for […]

Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas Announce Hydrogen Partnership

March 22, 2022 jasonspiess 0

Governors Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, John Bel Edwards of Louisiana, and Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas announced their states have entered into a bipartisan three-state partnership to establish a regional hub for development, production, and use of clean hydrogen as fuel and manufacturing feedstock. In entering the agreement, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and […]