The Crude Life Morning Show: Play Hard Work Hard Episode 94
Hour One Play Hard: Jason Spiess and Sterling talk Ghost in the Machine, The Great EV Chase Race, The Oil Bowl, Veteran Run Businesses, Bakken BBQ, Grand Junction, Trumps Texts, ESG and John Lisle of S&B Helical.
Hour Two Work Hard: Patrick Bertagnolli, SHRM-SCP, Rough Rider Center & Community Enhancement Director at City of Watford City is interviewed by guest co-host Shawn Forbes, OG Directory, and The Crude Life host Jason Spiess at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference
The Crude Life host Jason Spiess interviews Benjamin Holliday, President, Holliday Energy Law Group at the WBPC
The Crude Life Daily Update For the Radio On The Podcast: Charles Gorecki, CEO of the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC)
Rig Count Overview
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HOUR ONE PLAY HARD: Jason Spiess and Sterling talk about several technical difficulties that happened at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and how it has impacted the rest of the week.
Jason, who has interviewed well over 1,000 people, shares stories about the Ghost in the Machine with a Lutheran pastor and a colleague. Now, there are several Ghosts from the WBPC, which Jason isn’t so sure it wasn’t human error.
Jason and Sterling are joined by John Lilse, S&B Helical, talks about why he is moving down to Houston to work the Gulf and Permian due to market demands.
The phone interview starts out with the three discussing how it took several months to make this interview happen. It was scheduled the day after Opening Day in baseball to talk about the number of oil and gas promotional advertisements at the Houston Astros Home Opener.
The Python Bowl and Sexually Confused Mosquitos are in the news.
The Play Hard segment of The Crude Life Morning Show revisits the ESG movement several times. From the fact the John Lisle didn’t know much about it because he’s been working 90-hour weeks trying to keep up with the new marketplace to how the same people who got the industry into the Climate Change mess are now getting money to educate and teach industry on ESG. Sterling points out how this is an excellent example of “bureaucracy funding Bureaucracy”.
Abandoned Wells are also discussed as part of the News, Rumors and Newsspeak segment.
In HOUR TWO we WORK HARD with our Newsmaker Interview:
Patrick Bertagnolli, SHRM-SCP, Rough Rider Center & Community Enhancement Director at City of Watford City are interviewed by Shawn Forbes, OG Directory and Jason Spiess, The Crude Life
Bertagnoli gives a history and rundown of the RoughRider Center in Watford City. Spiess brings up the unique factor of the community events center being connected to a high school and the benefits for a community the size of Watford City.
The student ambassador program is discussed in detail from how it began to post COVID impacts to how students learned trade skills from industry before graduating high school.
Restaurant reviews, Class A Basketball growth, local attractions and why people are still building homes in Watford City and the Bakken.
Bertagnoli said if anyone in oil and gas (or beyond) is coming to Watford City and would like a tour to give him a call or email.
701-300-3140 or pbertagnolli@nd.gov
In HOUR TWO we WORK HARD with our Newsmaker Interview: Benjamin Holliday , Holliday Energy Law Group
Holliday was in Bismarck for a speaking gig at a Landman’s Convention and happen to stop by the WBPC. This impromptu interview turned into an organic discussion on ESG.
The two talk about how industry was already going ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) and how there are those within industry leadership creating issues connecting with the people.
Flaring, public relations, emotional responses and technology are several threads of conversaation throughout the interview.
Holliday says more states should look to North Dakota on how to regulate and integrate technology. Spiess says industry should look at embracing the positives on industry and show the world why they are the leaders in the environmental movement.
Recycled frac water for The Industrial Forest’s Shade Park in the Permian to an update from the Permian Basin.
The interview also dives into the question of whether state’s and organizations’ oil and gas leadership is afraid of the American Petroleum Institute.
Prior to founding Holliday Energy Law Group, Ben entered the oil and gas industry as a landman in South Texas before moving in-house to join the Barnett Shale Asset Team of a Midland-based E&P. With the decline of the Barnett and the rise of the Eagle Ford, Ben became the project leader in charge of an approximate 30,000 acre Eagle Ford asset in Karnes and Atascosa Counties, leading all title, leasing, and curative efforts within the prospect area. Since 2010, Ben has focused on representing exploration and production companies in their operations across the United States.
Ben is Board Certified in Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is a member of the State Bar College, is the Immediate Past President of the San Antonio Association of Professional Landmen, is a founding board member of South Texas Landman & Lawyer Clays, and is the current Sponsorship Chair and Immediate Past President for the San Antonio Chapter of Entrepreneur’s Organization. He is licensed to practice law in Texas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Ohio, and Illinois, and is a member of the local San Antonio, Houston, and Permian Basin Associations of Professional Landmen, as well as the AAPL.
The Crude Life Daily Update For the Radio On The Podcast: Charles Gorecki, CEO of the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC)
Charles Gorecki, CEO of the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC), talks about how projects like Project Tundra are the future of of North Dakota’s carbon capture market. He also mentions Red Tail Energy and biofuel projects as merging market potentials.
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Sponsors, Music and Other Show Notes
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Featured Music: Moody River Band
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