Energy Scene: Oil Patch BBQs
When it comes to intellectual property in oil and gas, arguably the most protected and coveted piece of information isn’t fracking chemistry, it’s the BBQ...
Jason Spiess
Q&A with Jason Spiess: Ronald W. Jibson
Jason Spiess: Looking back at 2014, with all the activity in the Bakken with their wet gas, the infrastructure in Louisiana and other shale plays,...
Energy Scene: 2015 Williston Basin Petroleum Conference
The Williston Basin Petroleum Conference takes place in Saskatchewan and North Dakota on alternating years, and is co-hosted by the Government of Saskatchewan, the state...
Energy Scene with Jason Spiess: Women in Oil & Gas
Nancy Hodur, a researcher with North Dakota State University’s Agribusiness and Applied Economics Department, has co-authored several major industry studies related to the Bakken oil...
Q & A with Jason Spiess: Lynn Helms
Lynn Helms is considered North Dakota’s top regulator, serving as director of the North Dakota Industrial Commission Oil and Gas Division since July 1998 and...
Q & A with Jason Spiess: Tom Petrie
Tom Petrie is the Chairman of Petrie Partners LLC, an investment firm offering financial advisory services to the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining...
Energy Scene with Jason Spiess
XTO Energy holds the mineral rights on the property about 20 miles northeast of Watford City and is working with Houston-based Nabor’s Drilling to drill...
Q & A With Jason Spiess: Innovation
Traveling across the country attending BBQs, press conferences, county fairs and other energy-fueled events, you run into quite a cast of characters. In addition to...
Energy Scene: Road Trip Across America’s Shale Play
Photography by Paul Flessland, Crude Life Photography...
America Shifting Towards Natural Gas
One of the more exciting stories being extracted from the modern day shale play is natural gas. Although it does not compare to crude volumetrically,...