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 […]
Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN), a U.S. independent oil and gas producer, announced the release of its 2022 sustainability report which highlights the company’s efforts to deliver industry-leading results while being a responsible environmental steward, committed advocate for safety, reliable producer, valued and effective community partner, and supportive employer. “Devon’s […]
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the United States now has less than 25 days of diesel stocks, the lowest level since 2008—and down from 34.2 days during the previous four weeks. The fuel is already being rationed in the Northeast, with suppliers in several states forced to conserve […]
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 […]
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter to 51 law firms detailing the possible antitrust violations the law firms’ clients may commit if they pursue Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives. The letter advises the law […]
There Will Be Blood There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American period drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, loosely based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, a silver miner turned oilman on a ruthless quest for […]
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 […]
A federal judge has rejected the federal government’s attempt to limit the state’s discovery in its effort to recoup $38 million in law enforcement and emergency response costs associated with the DAPL Pipeline protest in 2016-17. The decision issued Thursday by US District Judge Daniel Traynor is a victory for […]
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 […]
Just as the world needs energy desperately, and particularly energy in the form of natural gas, takeaway capacity has been proven to be insufficient in the Permian basin of Texas. Natural gas production in the Permian basin overwhelmingly uses pipeline networks, the safest and most efficient means of transport. Recently, […]
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. […]
Without water and electricity for a week or more, residents in Southwest Florida felt like they were in a war zone. Despite waiting for hours for a fill-up or to obtain gas for generators, motorists were thankful they had an internal combustion engine vehicle because electric vehicle owners without power […]
Average U.S. gasoline prices hit $3.89 a gallon on October 17, up about 20 cents from a month ago, 56 cents higher than last year at this time, and $1.35 a gallon higher than when Biden took office on January 20, 2021. In March, gasoline prices hit $4 a gallon […]
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 […]
Since the COVID Shutdowns more and more workers are working remotely and online. This workplace freedom is creating all sorts of new cost and productivity issues in areas and departments they’ve traditionally only seen in sales and executive levels. Those departments were, and are, given a little bit of slack […]
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 […]
In response to President (Joe) Biden designating Camp Hale as a national monument, Western Energy Alliance today called on him to end policies threatening future conservation funding. The Denver-based trade association cautioned that programs under the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), which are funded almost exclusively by federal oil and natural […]
I’d like to tell you a personal story about how and why I stopped posting pictures of my child on the Internet. It was about halfway through my son’s 7th grade year in middle school when he asked me to stop posting pictures of him online because “he wanted to […]
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 […]
The Lakes Area Precious Plastics Lab and Springboard for the Arts have concluded their public showing of “Future Fossils,” a temporary land art project that is one of dozens across the Upper Midwest participating in the initiative, 4Ground: Midwest Land Art Biennial. The project was designed to raise awareness around […]
The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming is proposing 251,086 acres over 209 parcels in an upcoming oil and gas lease sale. BLM Wyoming’s second quarter 2023 oil and gas lease sale will be conducted in accordance with measures required by the federal Inflation Reduction Act, which became law in August […]
How your tax dollars and fear are used by Appointed Leaders and Elected Politicians to manipulate their information and your reality. By Jason Spiess, ESG University Who remembers Y2K? What do you remember about the global two-digit computer issue? Let’s take a minute and see how Y2K is vetted through […]
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 […]
This past April, ESG University penned, and then typed an ESG Classroom Column predicting a European trend that would be coming to the United States soon. And it did. Here’s what I wrote in April titled “An ESG World Premiere! Coming Soon To A Regulation Near You”. New sales of […]
Is your Social Media Manager managing your media or just being social? A little over a decade ago, the role of a social media manager was probably not one of your job titles around the office. Today, however, nearly all companies have a page, nearly every employee is involved in […]
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 is time to for all of us here to be adults and have an ESG Conversation about children. Currently children make up almost one-third of the world’s population and have major influence over the marketplace, legislation and corruption. Yes corruption. Believe it or not there are some people who […]
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