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Energy Communities
Interview: Ben Hanson, candidate for US House of Representatives
Hanson talks about his roots to the oil and gas communities, his connection to the train derailment in Casselton and response to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal speculating an east/west conflict in North Dakota.

Davis Refinery Update
Interview: William Prentice, CEO, Meridian Energy Group and The Davis Refinery, Belfield, ND
Prentice discusses some steps and timelines revolving around the upcoming public comment period after the North Dakota Health Department approves the Air Quality Permit for the Davis Refinery.

Year in Review
Interview: Dr. Daniel Fine, director of the New Mexico Center for Energy Policy and John Yates, Abo Empire oil and gas company
Fine and Yates discuss the energy infrastructure and how important natural gas infrastructure is for America – both domestically and exporting internationally.

Community Development
Interview: Dr. Brian Kalk, Director of Energy Systems Development, EERC
Kalk reviews the past year in his life, transitioning from Public Service Commissioner to his current role. Kalk also responds to ND Governor Burgum’s 4-point-challenge to the oil and gas industry.

Author Profile

Jason Spiess

Contributor - The Crude Life Content Network

Jason Spiess is a multimedia journalist, entrepreneur and content consultant. Spiess has over 25 years of media experience in broadcasting, journalism, reporting and principal ownership in media companies. (Over 30 years experience if you count his adolescent years as a newspaper delivery boy learning the importance and logistics of daily distribution and monthly door-to-door bill collecting.) Spiess has worked in the areas of oil and gas, UAS and precision agriculture, health care, cannabis, agriculture, real estate, government affairs and economic development. Spiess is the host of two radio programs, Building the Bakken and Coffee & Capitalism, and three specialty programs, MonDak OilField Review, Corporate Ink and UnStuck, that carry a radio network that spans five states and two countries. Spiess is a North Dakota native and graduated from North Dakota State University.