Interviews: Lynn Helms, director, ND Department of Mineral Resources Gives an update on production numbers, flaring and rigs in the Bakken. His theme for this interview is Cash is King. Interview: Amanda Person Cordes, paleontologist, Beaver Creak Archaeology Describes how industry works with landowners and Native Americans when is comes […]
Interview: Shawn Kessel, city administrator, Dickinson, ND Talks about his new upcoming role in the North Dakota Oil and Gas Producing Counties, an update on some major community projects in the region and when the oil activity will return to the Bakken.
One of the first people I met on a professional level in the Bakken oil fields was Dickinson city administrator Shawn Kessel. The meeting was brief, as I was filing some paperwork with the city and Kessel was passing by in the hallway. We chatted for no more than one […]
Interviews: Tiffany Olson and Ginae Holland, beauty industry Discuss the stigma of “beauty school drop out” in hair salons and stylists and compare their day to day work to a corporate executive. The two also discuss the stress levels, additional product sales and freedoms of owning your own salon. Interviews: […]
Interview: Lynn Helms, director, North Dakota Dept of Minerals Explains why rig counts are down 88% from the peak, with Williams County down 98%. Helms said oil companies are using uncompleted wells and inactive wells as tools to manage their cash flow.
Interviews: Doug Goehring, ND Agriculture Commissioner and Industrial Commission Gives an update on flaring in the Bakken. He also shares his thoughts on what $50 oil would look like in the flaring world too.
Interviews: Tiffany Steiner & Jackie Schmidt, MBI Energy Services, Dickinson, ND Gives the details for the 4th Annual Bakken BBQ in June and talks about Pick Up the Patch and other community driver events.
Interview: Brian Sullivan, Host, Power Lunch, CNBC Host Jason Spiess and Sullivan talks about how the recent fall in oil prices and new technologies are making oil companies rewrite their business plants, which is compared to the media business when the Internet arrived.
American Entrepreneur Interviews: Bruce Gussiaas, owner, Dakota Sun Gardens, Carrington, ND Talks about how being located in the middle of North Dakota and how this impacts his marketplace for wine distribution. Interviews: Erin Wallander, owner, EWI Design, Dickinson, ND Talks about how the low oil prices created a new market […]
Now that oil prices have been reduced the once frenzy-like Bakken activity, Watford City’s mayor Brent Sanford takes a moment to recall the past five to seven years. “If you go back seven years ago, that’s when the drilling rigs started to move into the county and they haven’t left,” […]
Commercial real estate broker Michael Houge is feeling the shift in the modern day California Gold Rush and is using the word “recalibration” a lot these days. Houge, who lives and works in Minneapolis and the Bakken has seen the shale revolution impact his day to day life for nearly […]
Interview: Erin Wallander, owner, EWI Designs Talks about how high oil prices bring in new constuctions whereas a downturn economy focuses more on remodeling and redesigning. Wallander gives an update of her business activity in the Bakken.
Interview: ND Ag Commissioner and Industrial Commissioner Doug Goehring Gives a flaring update and how they did not meet their April 1 goal of 80%, the Bakken is at 89%. He also explained what it would look like at $50 oil.
Interviews: Brian Sullivan, host, Power Lunch, CNBC, New York, NY Talks about the Reverse Ripple happening in the energy industry. Sullivan also shares data on the energy industry’s impact on the national economy over the past 5 years, singling out Texas and North Dakota. Special Feature: GroundBreakers – Innovation and […]
Interview: Stephen Moore, Economist Fox News CorrespondentTalks about the importance of energy in the economy and how it has been the only job creator in the past 5 years. Spread the word. Support the industry. Share the energy. Follow on YouTube Follow on Facebook Follow on LinkedIn Follow on Twitter […]
International Economy Interviews: Tom Shorma, CEO/President, WCCO Belting Shares his experience of a small business trying to collect bills and receivables from a company or country overseas. He also talks about what options small companies have if they are doing International business.
Mentor and Apprenticeships Interviews: Mark J Lindquist, nationally recognized motivational speaker, national anthem singer and author; and his business manager Jared Bye Discusses a new push in corporate America allowing employees to make a mistake and talk to their superior without reprimand. A movement to increase employee confidence in Fortune […]
Emerging Communities Interview: Alan Walter, Ward County Commissioner Talks about the new airport in Minot and the amount of investment put into the terminal. He also talks about a couple other major projects in Berthold and Minot.
Interview: Kelly Wilkins, Bridger Company Talks about distributing oil by rail and how it will always have a place in energy development. He also discusses how oil companies used a balanced portfolio in energy distribution.
Interview: Erin Wallander, owner, EWI Designs Talks about how the downturn in the energy economy opened a market for her business.
Interview: Brian Lash, founder, Target Logistics Shares his story of how he went from dropping out of medical school because of his business endeavors to contracting temporary housing in Iraq, the Salt Lake Olympics and oil fields across the globe. Interview: Pier Marini, world famous piano player Talks about playing […]
Rachel Richardson, Environment America, shares the finding on a new report, , Fracking by the Numbers: The Damage to Our Air, Water and Climate from a Decade of Dirty Drilling. The report said fracking is currently taking place in at least 17 states, with more than 80,000 wells drilled or permitted […]
Interview: US Senator John Hoeven and US Senator Heidi Heitkamp The senators talk about Grand Forks being the home for the MQ9 Reaper Wing and also extended the test UAS site for another 5 years. At a Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations hearing Thursday and a meeting earlier this […]
Interview: Mark Williams, Horizon Power Systems, Farmington, New Mexico Share his views on the oil and gas industry and how the Bakken’s natural gas is like no other. He also talks about remote wells and generating power to places without the grid or infrastructure.
The latest energy gathering in Doha is proving once again why the Bakken is a world class shale play. Only this time the “world class” description is showing its global impact from overseas. And according to energy expert Dr. Loren C. Scott, president of Loren C. Scott & Associates, Inc., […]
Mike Rose, FS Solutions Group on how their machines vacuum frac tanks and other oil and gas uses. Rose also explains how the technology has changed in the past decade.
“I am selling oil out in Western North Dakota,” former U.S. Congressman Rick Berg said. “But I sell it by the quart.” Berg, who is better known for his real estate development business, has entered into a partnership involving several Jiffy Lubes across the region and his partner thought the […]
Interview: Brian Sullivan, host, Power Lunch, CNBC Talks about how oil and gas is categorized under Mining and is dragging the economy down right now. He also talks about how technology has made the industry precise in their drilling.
Interview: Brian Sullivan, host, Power Lunch, CNBC Explains why low oil prices are not good for the overall economy compared to oil and gas, which adds high paying jobs for families. Brian Sullivan is co-anchor of CNBC’s “Power Lunch” (M-F, 1PM-3PM ET) and the host of “Talking Numbers.” He also […]
Interview: Stephanie Hoffart, CEO, Minot Economic Development Corporation Gives an update on the job market in Minot involving the oil field service companies and post flood construction.
Interview: Kevin Travis, Rotork Describes the new technology with oil valves and remote sensors. He also comments about how clean the coal industry has gotten since the 1980’s.
As John Springsteen travels the country, he is often asked if he is related to Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen still gets a chuckle of out it and sometimes he will even play along for a bit. But eventually the truth comes out he is not related to the rock and roll […]
Over the past year, while oil prices and interest rates remain low, the oil and gas industry has been hot with M&A activity. According to recent data from Thomson Reuters, 2015 will go down as the biggest year ever for mergers and acquisitions, with an announced $4.7 trillion. An amazing […]
Lynn Helms, director, North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources gives four reasons why oil prices are low right now in the Bakken. Helms admits this speed of the drop was unexpected, but as they digest the reality of the global energy play, the reasons for the drop are becoming more […]
During a hearing of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Rural Development Subcommittee, Cris Somerville, President of Dakota Turbines, testified at the hearing about the work of the family-owned and operated company, which manufactures blades, alternator and power electronics for single-phase small wind systems. The company, which is ten years old, has […]
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