New Oil and Gas Law In Colorado The state of Colorado adopted new rules Wednesday requiring more steel casing and cement in drilling wells to protect groundwater. The new law also requires that every well in the state be pressure tested every year. According to the Colorado Oil and Gas […]
Zach Ellis, Commercial Credit Group, shares an example of how people in the oil and gas industry are diversifying their services in order to stay keep revenues going. Commercial Credit Group Inc. is an independent, commercial equipment finance company that provides secured loans and leases to small and mid-sized businesses […]
Senator John Hoeven sent The Crude Life the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed reforming its cost-benefit analysis for new regulations issued under the Clean Air Act to provide more transparency and certainty. The agency is seeking to develop future analyses in a consistent manner that includes […]
Thomas Ciarlone, Kane Russell Coleman Logan, discusses some of his COVID Shutdown and coronavirus concerns in regards to lease terminations, shut in wells and several other topics involving contractual themes. Ciarlone comments on how the idea of government controlled oil supply would impact mineral owners and lease holders. The Force […]
Curtis Shuck, Well Done Foundation, gives some history of the abandon and orphan wells in the United States. Shuck believes his 30 years of oil and gas experience has created an opportunity to create positive endeavors for industry and communities. Many of the wells are on farms or ranches or […]
Curtis Shuck, Well Done Foundation, gives some history of the abandon and orphan wells in the United States. Shuck believes his 30 years of oil and gas experience has created an opportunity to create positive endeavors for industry and communities. Many of the wells are on farms or ranches or […]
Terry Etam author of End of the Fossil Fuel Insanity, writer at the BOE Report, and blogger at Public Energy Number One gives an update from Canada on the current state of oil and gas. Etam comments on the recent momentum of governments stepping in and controlling oil and gas […]
It’s a BBQ Special on The Crude Life. Jesse Johnson explains how to BBQ a whole pig, how to cut it and how to prepare it. Daviney talks about her trip to Scotland to visit castles and how the Bakken BBQ fundraiser for Make A Wish made her Wish happen. […]
The Crude Life host Jason Spiess joins Genneca for a weekly energy report on The Country Twins morning show. Spiess talks about North Dakota as the latest state to discuss whether the state should get involved with controlling production. Industry’s ideological crossroads of whether to allow government intervention or not […]
Mesa County (CO) commissioner Rose Pugliese doesn’t believe one size fits all when it comes to government intervention and local control. Pugliese recently began the public conversation regarding Mesa County being part of the Western and Rural Local Governments Coalition (WRLG), a group of 23 county and municipal governments in […]
Zach Ellis, Commercial Credit Group, gives an update from the state Texas as he travels across the southern shale plays. Ellis will be traveling to Oklahoma next week with another trip back into Texas. Ellis consults and finances businesses in the oil and gas industry who need alternative financing or […]
At a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven secured support for North Dakota’s energy priorities with Mark Menezes, the nominee to serve as Deputy Secretary of Energy. The senator urged Menezes to work with him in helping maintain the nation’s oil […]
Jason Spiess, host of The Crude Life, discusses the history of agriculture and energy. He discusses some of the opportunities in the water industry. Spiess also talks about areas of economic opportunity that currently exists in today’s marketplace. Spiess outlines the flow of the stimulus and PPP money and where […]
Brandon Davis, Swan Energy, explains why their energy company is going heavy natural gas in the future and are looking to buy up fields right now. Davis says they have already looked at about 100 leases and are continuing their search for natural gas opportunities. He estimated they will add […]
Alliant Energy customers in Wisconsin are now receiving energy from the newly constructed West Riverside Energy Center. The 730-megawatt, highly efficient, combined-cycle natural gas generating station is located near Beloit, Wisconsin. During construction, more than 1,000 jobs were created and millions of dollars spent to support Wisconsin businesses. The generating […]
Gov. Doug Burgum and U.S. Senator John Hoeven met with President Donald Trump at the White House, highlighting the benefits of state-federal partnerships to North Dakota’s COVID-19 response and recovery efforts and the need for continued federal support to fully execute the state’s testing strategy. During the White House meeting […]
Brandon Davis, Swan Energy, explains why their energy company is going heavy natural gas in the future and are looking to buy up fields right now. Davis says they have already looked at about 100 leases and are continuing their search for natural gas opportunities. He estimated they will add […]
The Oil and Gas Division of the Department of Mineral Resources has scheduled a special hearing to address the oil price that constitutes waste pursuant to North Dakota Century Code § 38-08-02(19); the consequences of determining that waste is occurring, and what relief may be appropriate and necessary to prevent […]
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem filed an amicus brief last week that opposes a possible ruling to vacate the easement granted by the Army Corps of Engineers for the Dakota Access Pipeline. Such a ruling would effectively shut down the 570,000 bbl/day crude oil pipeline. Judge James Boasberg issued […]
According to CNBC, oil prices reversed gains and turned positive on Monday after Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said the kingdom aims to provide additional voluntary cuts in an effort to support global markets. Brent crude futures gained 26 cents to trade at $31.23 per barrel, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude […]
Zach Ellis, Commercial Credit Group, gives an update from the Permian Basin in Texas. Ellis describes the scene after stopping by over 25 businesses. Josh Trujillo and Robert Grant of Green Earth explain how their decontamination research and development project with the Department of Defense essentially got fast tracked to […]
Zach Ellis, Commercial Credit Group, gives an update from the Permian Basin in Texas. Ellis describes the scene after stopping by over 25 businesses. The interview dives into the CARES Act bail out packages and how that becomes government competition for those hustling trying to sell alternative financing. Factoring is […]
Great River Energy (GRE), a not-for-profit wholesale electric power cooperative providing power in Minnesota and Wisconsin, announced plans to retire its 1,151-megawatt (MW) coal generating power plant, Coal Creek Station, in Underwood, N.D., during the second half of 2022. “We are disappointed that Great River Energy has decided not to […]
Chrysta Castañeda gives her thoughts from the Texas Railroad Commission regarding their recent decision to not intervene with the oil and gas production in Texas. Castañeda cites flaring and supply capacity a couple examples of areas she would have liked to see more discussion, exploration or different direction from the […]
Matt Kruse, AE Parters, gives an update on the job market in the oil and gas industry. Kruse said there are not many places hiring right now, but conversations are still being had about the types of jobs that are being created and changed. Kruse comments on the recent stories […]
The Crude Life host Jason Spiess joins Genneca for a weekly energy report on The Country Twins morning show. Spiess talks about Swan Energy‘s recent announcement of acquiring natural gas leases. He mentions a couple examples of positive energy activity out in a world dominated by doom and gloom stories. […]
According to the North Dakota Oil & Gas Division’s February 2020 Director’s Cut & Monthly Production Report, gross natural gas production in North Dakota averaged 2.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2019, an 827% increase compared with the 2010 level of 0.3 Bcf/d. Increases in natural gas production […]
Tom Masiero, Great American Mining, discusses Bitcoin Mining in the Bakken and how blockchain could be entering into oil and gas sooner than later. Masiero explains how the Chinese integration of blockchain into oil and gas will be relevant in the United States very soon. Many in China believe it […]
In a call with Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, Senator John Hoeven continued his push to secure federal support for the nation’s energy producers. In their conversation, Brouillette indicated to the senator that work continues on aid for the oil and gas industry. Hoeven and Secretary Brouillette are also working to […]
Josh Swanson, Vogel Law Firm, talks about the recent examples of “force majeure” popping up in the oil and gas industry. From Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s letter to President Donald Trump to Continental Resources, force majeure is being seen more and more in industry. Swanson discusses the potential issue of […]
Tom Shepstone, NaturalGasNow.org, gives an update on the recent COVID-19 Shutdown and coronavirus impact on the oil and gas industry in the Marcellus Region. Shepstone also goes a bit deeper in his update on the conversations about people living with a taste of socialism. Shepstone responds to the question of […]
Chris Cottrell, Winston and Strawn Law Offices, returns to The Crude Life to discuss the recent developments in the “Force Majeure” clause in oil and gas contracts. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to declare the coronavirus a “pandemic” or “epidemic” in order […]
Lynn Helms, Director, Department of Mineral Resources, recalls what life was like during the last bust when rig counts reached zero in the Bakken. Helms was a week into his job when this historic feat occurred. Helms explains some of the logistics behind going from several rigs to zero rigs […]
The Crude Life host Jason Spiess joins Genneca for a weekly energy report on The Country Twins morning show. Spiess talks about the recent Payment Protection Program and how it allowed banks to become the administrators of close to a trillion dollars worth of government assistance. As of this interview, […]
Tom Masiero, Great American Mining, comments on how Bitcoin could assist in the negative oil price issue. Masiero explains how the digital pipeline is built and producers can utilize and even profit on their flared or stranded natural gas. Masiero comments on how this technology could effectively become a subsidy […]
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