The Crude Life

by The Crude Life on July 15, 2020 at 1:14 PM

Mike Vickers, Oilfield NOW, shares his recent success story about curating original oil and gas stories. Vickers said their mission has been to focus on authentic stories about success and redemption in industry. The interview dives into whether the past decade of public relation in industry has resulting in a [...]

by The Crude Life on July 14, 2020 at 11:30 AM

William Prentice, CEO, Meridian Energy Group, Inc. comments on the North Dakota Supreme Court decision of the North Dakota District Court refusing to overturn the issuance of the air quality Permit to Construct (“PTC”) for the Davis Refinery by the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”). This Decision marks [...]

by The Crude Life on July 13, 2020 at 3:17 AM

The Crude Life host Jason Spiess joined Investment Talk with Paul Meyers and Steve Poitras from Legacy Wealth Management to discuss several news items and issues in the oil and gas industry. The Dakota Access Pipeline, Keystone XL Pipeline and Atlantic Pipeline and their recent news was discussed and how [...]

by The Crude Life on July 12, 2020 at 10:03 AM

Brandon Davis and Imran Khan, Swan Energy, share some insight and information on where rigs are operating. “I see good opportunities as far as cash flow working, right now there are some in the Permian and Delaware,” Davis said. “And all of the DJ Basin right now and the Wattenberg [...]

by The Crude Life on July 12, 2020 at 3:47 AM

The Crude Life host Jason Spiess joins Genneca for a weekly energy report on The Country Twins morning show. This week Spiess discusses the recent announcement of pipeline shutdowns and how that will impact Shale Play USA. Spiess explains how the climate activists and environmental extremists have changed the landscape [...]

by The Crude Life on July 9, 2020 at 12:37 AM

Paul Wiseman, Fit To Print, discusses the blow to the pipeline industry in the United States. From workers to economy to regulational power to everyday energy. Wiseman explains how safety and environmental issues will increase with the decision to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline and Keystone XL Pipeline. The [...]

by The Crude Life on July 8, 2020 at 6:57 PM

Tom Slocum, Untitled: Orphan Well Project, gives a history of how he became so passionate about this issue. Slocum explains how loopholes in the system allowed many wells to go unnoticed for decades. The interview discusses who is responsible for the wells. Slocum says in many cases, the legal obligation [...]

by The Crude Life on July 8, 2020 at 3:14 AM

William Prentice, CEO, Meridian Energy Group, Inc. comments on the North Dakota Supreme Court decision of the North Dakota District Court refusing to overturn the issuance of the air quality Permit to Construct (“PTC”) for the Davis Refinery by the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”). This Decision marks [...]

by The Crude Life on July 7, 2020 at 6:18 PM

Kathleen Sgamma, Western Energy Alliance gives an overview of three different states and their orphan well programs. From North Dakota to Ohio to Pennsylvania, how each state handled their industry aftermarket. “”There have been a lot of shut ins, which are not abandoned or orphaned, that’s just shut in of [...]

by The Crude Life on July 7, 2020 at 1:04 PM

Brandon Davis , Jeremy Pate and Imran Khan, Swan Energy, discuss the recent spike in bankruptcies and how that will impact the rest of the oil and gas industry. Despite the bankruptcies, lay offs and disruption in industry, Davis sees the marketplace shifting and creating new opportunities. “Forget all that. [...]

by The Crude Life on July 2, 2020 at 11:01 AM

Steve Heins, The Energy Pragmatist, Inc. and host Jason Spiess had a lively conversation today regarding oil and gas, capitalism and the managed marketplace. This turned out to be a point/counterpoint discussion with a big dash of humor and bluntness. First, they discussed the current spate of bankruptcy in the [...]

by The Crude Life on July 1, 2020 at 10:05 AM

Jackie Jenkin and Tiffany Steiner, co-founder of the Bakken BBQ, give the details for the 8th Annual Bakken BBQ rescheduled to August 21, 2020, at the West River Ice Center parking lot in Dickinson, ND. This year will bring some changes, as the coronavirus safety precautions will be administers, there [...]

by The Crude Life on June 29, 2020 at 11:34 AM

Daniel Stenberg, McKenzie County Economic Development/Job Development, gives an update from Watford City, including a discussion on their 349% population growth from 2010 to 2019. Brandon Davis and Imran Khan, Swan Energy, react to a recent article in the Houston Chronicle reporting the “Energy Apocalypse” in oil and gas. Sensationalism [...]

by The Crude Life on June 28, 2020 at 4:20 PM

The Crude Life host Jason Spiess joins Genneca for a weekly energy report on The Country Twins morning show. This week Spiess asks the rhetorical question if there is a Political Industrial Complex. In 1961, president Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell speech has come to be a touchstone for those with concerns [...]

by The Crude Life on June 27, 2020 at 1:06 PM

Brandon Davis and Imran Khan, Swan Energy, comment on the recent bankruptcies and how that will impact the oil and gas market in the second half of the year. The trend of CEOs taking multi-million dollar bonuses, example Whiting, Chesapeake and Hertz given, and while laying off employees and service [...]