The Crude Life Morning Show: Play Hard Work Hard Episode 52

Hour One Play Hard: Jason Spiess and Tom Masiero from Great American Mining Company

Hour Two Work Hard : Chrysta Castaneda, Casteneda Law Firm

The Crude Life Daily Update For the Radio On The Podcast: Maira Vargas, Amigo Pipe & Equipment

Rig Count Overview

source: tradingeconomics.com

A look inside a remote Bitcoin Mining facility.

HOUR ONE PLAY HARD:  Jason Spiess and Tom Masiero, Great American Mining Co., talk about how Bitcoin Mining within the oil and gas industry is picking up north of the Mason Dixon line in Shale Play USA.

Tom opines on why Bitcoin has doubled in the past several months and why it will continue to climb as the economy attempts to wrinkle out the trillions of dollars injected into the economy.

Jason brings up the increase in accessibility with Bitcoins with exchanges like CashApp and Coinbase. He also cites Russia’s investment towards Bitcoin and energy extraction.

Tom also talks about how operators are now putting Bitcoin models into their meetings and states are looking at investing in technologies like Great American Mining Company.

The environmental aspect of Bitcoin is discussed as well.

The Crude Life 2021 March Madness Tournament Results from the Round of 32

Permian Region No. 7 Hibernia Resources over No. 2 Alpha Industrial Construction 95-80 No. 5 TTS Drilling Solutions over No. 13 Oilfield Boys 72-58 No. 1 Imperative Chemical Partners over No. 8 4 Warriors Hydro Excavating 87-71 No. 6 TRC Construction over No. 3 Black Star Energy Services 85-51

Eagleford Region No. 11 Oilman Magazine over No. 14 7 Compression 67-47 No. 1 Oilfield Specialty Partners over No. 8 Meckler Marketing 86-78 No. 4 Ink Land Company over No. 5 Great American Mining Company No. 2 Edgen Murray Corporation over RoughRider Center 96-77

Rocky Mountain Region No. 1 Elite Energy Services over No. 9 Renegade Services 76-63 No. 3 APEX Energy Solutions over No. 6 Spartan Energy Services 68-66 No. 15 Blue Sage Services over No. 7 MineralTracker.com 81-78 No. 5 PermianShale over No. 13 Flowco Production Solutions 84-61

Marcellus Region No. 8 Sand Revolutions over No. 1 Bakken BBQ 71-58 No. 11 True West over No. 3 Connector Specialists Inc. 75-72 No. 2 E&E Enterprises over No. 10 Plunger Lift International 63-60 No. 12 SmartChain Solutions over No. 4 Amigo Pipe & Equipment 80-70

In HOUR TWO we WORK HARD with our Newsmaker Interview: Chrysta Castaneda, Castaneda Law Firm

Chrysta Castaneda is a well-educated woman and business owner with a unique background that couples engineering and law. What’s more is that she has extensive experience to pair with her education. Chrysta has both a degree in engineering and a law degree. She’s the founding owner of her law firm, Casteneda Law Firm. She’s run for public office recently, and she’s got a motivation to make a difference with her skills in the oil and gas industry.

The Crude Life Morning Show: Play Hard Work Hard Episode 51

Hour One Play Hard: Jason Spiess and Sterling talk March Madness, Fake Entrepreneurs, API, DEPA and Emails into the Studio.

Hour Two Work Hard : News, Rumors and Newspeak is our Work Hard portion today

The Crude Life Daily Update For the Radio On The Podcast: Rebekah Wheeler, Revolution Resources, LLC

Rig Count Overview

source: tradingeconomics.com

HOUR ONE PLAY HARD:  Jason Spiess and Sterling run down The Crude Life 2021 March Madness Tournament.

First Round

Permian RegionNo. 1 Imperative Chemical Partners over No. 16 Reeves Land Services 98-55No. 3 Black Star Energy Services over No. 14 Black Water Environmental 93-84No. 6 TRC Construction over No. 11 Aces Completions 72-56No. 5 TTS Drilling Solutions over No. 12 Weldfit 63-62No. 2 Alpha Industrial Construction over No. 15 Titan Solutions 86-74No. 13 Oilfield Boys over No. 4 Bakken.com 62-58No. 9 4 Warriors Hydro Excavating over No. 8 Aries Buildings 72-68No. 7 Hibernia Resources over No. 10 B5 Consulting Services due to COVID Outbreak

Eagleford RegionNo. 1 Oilfield Specialty Partners over No. 16 Oil Dog Pipe Rentals 82-66No. 8 Meckler Marketing over No. 9 Epic Site Solutions 76-61No. 5 Great American Mining Company over No. 12 American Directional Driller 96-73No. 4 Ink Land Company over No. 13 Lufkin 64-54No. 2 Edgen Murray over No. 15 Field Point Energy Services 68-55No. 14 7Compression over No. 3 Campbell Electric 53-52No. 10 RoughRider Center over No. 7 Trident Steel Corporation 63-54No. 11 Oilman Magazine over No. 6 Quadra Chemicals 72-62

Marcellus RegionNo. 1 Bakken BBQ over No. 16 Maxwell’s Bar & Restaurant 78-49No. 8 Sand Revolution defeats No. 9 Unit Drilling Company 71-60No. 12 SmartChain-Solutions defeats No. 5 Chewy Pawz 70-56No. 4 Amigo Pipe & Equipment, LLC over No. 13 Knighten Industries 69-60No. 11 True West over No. 6 Digital Oil and Gas Solutions 78-62No. 3 Connector Specialists Inc. over No. 14 Kate’s Man Cave 84-67No. 10 Plunger Lift International over No. 7 HYDRA USA 60-56No. 2 E&E Enterprises over No. 15 Marcellus Drilling News 87-56

Rocky Mountain RegionNo. 5 PermianShale over No. 12 Sunbelt Pump Solutions 73-63No. 1 Elite Energy Services takes out No. 16 Orange Property Management 79-55No. 8 Renegade Services with a victory over No. 9 W.I.C.No. 6 Spartan Energy Services defeats No. 11 Knight Energy Services, LLC 65-53No. 13 Flowco Production Solutions over No. 4 K9 Pipe Inspections, LLC 78-69 in OvertimeNo. 3 Seed Apex Energy Services, LLC over No. 14 Absolute Energy Field Products & Services 85-68No. 7 MineralTracker.com over No. 10 Global Energy Solutions LLC 75-70No. 15 Blue Sage Services defeats No. 2 The Earth’s Champion Johnny Green 75-72 in Overtime

The First FourNo. 16 Reeves Land Services over No. 16 Ion Field Services 54-53No. 16 Oil Dog Pipe Rental over No. 16 NaturalGasNow 53-52No. 11 Aces Completions over No. 11 Winter Mud 60-52No. 11 Oilman Magazine over No. 11 OGDirectory.com 86-80 Overtime

In the second segment, Jason reads a few emails that have come into [email protected]

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What are the rules to March Madness? – Confused in Colorado

Noticed you started taking more of a stand on issues in energy.

Jason Spiess is joined by Shawn Forbes, OG Directory and Team Forbes, live from the Permian Basin Association of Pipeliners Annual Cookoff in Odessa, Texas. The two interview Erin Wiersma.

Erin Wiersma has had a year to forget. Vodka in your Trulia kind of a year. Around a year ago, Erin lost her job when the company she worked for went bankrupt. Since then she has been bounced around a bit in the marketplace as well as chasing some potential work with no return.

Moving in with parents, mooching and paddleboarding is an example

given as an option of reality while phrasing it to the network, rather,

as it is taking care of them.

The LinkedIn circles of LookingForWork are discussed as a movement that become a motivator and support group for many looking for work. The other circles like LookingToHire are also discussed to the tune where Jason opined that LookingToHire company should take their circles down immediately and hire those looking for work rather than bragging or suppressing guilt.

Sponsors, Music and Other Show Notes 

Studio Sponsor: The Industrial Forest

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North Dakota Lt. Governor Brent Sanford

Interview and summary by Genneca Houser

Lt. Governor Brent Sanford has a long family history in North Dakota

and his own extensive life experiences that have certainly shaped the

way he is able to understand the working of industry and commerce

throughout the state, as well as helped him to be an effective leader.

It’s important to note Lt. Gov. Sanford’s previous experience to

understand the extent of knowledge he has when it comes to what role the

oil and gas industry have in the grand scheme of things within North

Dakota. He’s a third generation business owner, served on Watford City

Council for four years before he served as Mayor of Watford City for six

years. Brent Sanford was helping to push for positive state policies

since before ever being a part of the Governor’s administration and all

of it has helped teach him effective methods of getting things done

within the government.

“But I learned the state budget. I learned what it takes

to get through the legislature and actually have bills passed that

benefit your community because you have to compromise and show benefit

for the rest of the state.” – Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford

Dean Bangsund, Nancy Hodur, and Brent Bogart have been looking into

the effects of the oil and gas industry since around 2005 and a study

(sponsored by Western Dakota Energy Association) outlining the impacts

has recently been released. This paper may hold some critical

information for everyone showing what areas of the state the revenue

from oil and gas is coming from as well as where it’s going. (Spoiler

Alert → the amount of money from oil and gas taking care of everyone

might surprise you!)

“But our high taxes don’t help them [the oil and gas

industry] but they really help the state residents and filling the

coffers and keeping people with a fairly positive attitude about the

industry itself.” – Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford

It will hopefully be used as a tool to educate everyone on the

importance of the industry, but also should help to highlight just how

much assistance the industry gives to everyone across the state. For

anyone who says it’s all about money without consideration to the

environment, that isn’t right either. In fact, money from oil and gas is

partially responsible for the ability to take care of the environment.

“…the presumption that we are not stewards of our land,

as far as our energy development and our agriculture, should be

offensive to all of us because we are the best stewards of our land. We

have the cleanest air and water in the nation; we’re proud of it.” – Lt.

Gov. Brent Sanford

For anyone feeling wary about moving toward the oil and gas industry,

the hope is that this study will help to show that there are still

opportunities available. The average age of workers within the industry

is getting younger and with that in mind there have been changes made to

welcome more brilliant innovators into the industry by making programs

and education available at the universities.

“So, hopefully this study just helps entrepreneurs and

companies realize that there’s still brighter days ahead and the future

is very positive and that the innovators always can make a buck in the

world.” – Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford

This study may also be used to help bring about positive change on

the federal level as Gov.

Marlette Dumas, PMP, Sr. Project Risk Management Engineer, BP

Interview and summary by Genneca Houser

Marlette Dumas is a beautiful mind within the oil

and gas industry and we had the opportunity to have a great conversation

about how she got started, the journey, and her views on the direction

for the industry among many other things. 

We began at the beginning, where every good story begins and Marlette

talked about how she was positively pushed toward math and science

learning from a very young age. She continued in her desire to learn

more in the STEM fields into college and passed when Marlette may

possibly have been ahead of her time. She initially had wanted to

venture into renewable energy, but that wasn’t a popular idea then.

Plus, when Marlette was starting out, there were even less females in

the industry than there are now. Even so, Marlette pushed forward and

eventually began her career as a Facilities Engineer BP in Houston, TX.

“And I thought that renewables was the way to go at the

time, but that was like 25-30 years ago and it hadn’t quite caught on

yet. So I thought, I still wanna be in energy’ and that’s when I began

to meet companies like BP and Shell and I just naturally graviated

toward mechanical engineering on the projects side.” – Marlette Dumas

After finding a home working for BP, Marlette still had some

struggles as a female in such a male dominated world. There were

naturally some bumps along the way, but throughout the journey Marlette

was able to grow her network and gain positive traction by working hard

and doing her best. She did however talk a little about bringing a more

“male” energy in the way she chose to dress and present herself in order

to allow her voice to be heard – even though Marlette is a highly

education woman in the field of Mechanical engineering.

“So I really had to just bring a mentality that ‘hey,

just be present’ and try to put my ideas forward and put myself forward

even though it was not in the environment that was welcome at the time.

It was not very welcome but you still have to figure out how to dig deep

and do it anyway.” – Marlette Dumas

It has gotten easier since the beginning of the journey and now

Marlette is able to focus on what she likes best about her work within

the oil and gas industry. Claiming the best part of what she’s learned

so far has been leadership and critical thinking/problem solving

abilities, Marlette also loves to analyze all the different facets of a

project using the gathered information to solve the problems and create

positive change. Lucky for us, Marlette gives us a look into her process

and how she goes through gathering and processing the data.

Next we took a look at the industry as it sits right now and Marlette

mentioned that it’s all going through a change right. More and more

companies are looking to expand toward other forms of energy aside from

oil and gas. As more technology becomes available and the conversation

about renewable energy becomes more popular, we may see many more

changes coming.

“People think that maybe oil and gas is not as attractive

as it has been in the past, so we’re looking at other things now like

Trisha Curtis, CEO, PetroNerds

Interview and summary by Genneca Houser

Trisha Curtis is the President and CEO of  Denver based oil and gas advisory firm, PetroNerds. Trisha took some time to talk about her experience and knowledge in the industry and the amount of information she shares is vast.

We began by talking about her deep roots in the oil and gas industry, where Trisha got her education, and how she got her foot in the door. It was a rough beginning, but eventually she got her start by getting involved in a non-profit organization called The Energy Policy Research Foundation.

“[I] was able to really self teach myself a lot of stuff and figure out that I was really good at presenting and speak with a lot of folks and just… it was a huge blessing in terms of being able to learn just an immense amount about the industry and find out that I was extremely passionate about it.” – Trisha Curtis

Next we talk about Trisha’s favorite part of the oil and gas industry: the information. Makes sense, right? After all, PetroNerds is a company that takes a look at all of the facts in order to help businesses move forward. So Trisha began talking about all of the different facets that get taken into consideration when helping other people and companies make their plans to move forward. There are many pieces of the process to consider and the more information there is available, the better off everyone is for it.

“…A lot of folks don’t really understand that they do need to understand the oil and gas industry… there’s an immense value in just having a deeper understanding of how the market works…” – Trisha Curtis

So after getting her foot in the door, Trisha was doing a lot of analytics for the non-profit in order to help create policy. At one point, she gained the nickname Petronerd, and it stuck. Later on in 2016, instead of taking a position at one of the multiple companies offering a job, Trisha decided to create her own business and she tells us about taking that leap.

“I can’t say it was easy – it was really, really hard. But, it was a great learning experience.” -Trisha Curtis

Our discussion touches on the learning curve within the industry and compares the issues that were seen in 2017 to the issues the industry is facing today. It’s a hot button issue, but Trisha has a lot of insight into the situation based on her career analyzing the trends and statistics in real time. She also touches on strategy when it comes to the industry getting jarred by current events and how it’s at that point when continuing to work is very important.

“The oil industry probably doesn’t have a really deep grasp of how serious the legislative stuff is gonna be and how intense, really, that  Washington and Whitehouse are on their views of the oil and gas industry and it is definitely going to be an uphill battle.” – Trisha Curtis

With the ups and downs (mostly downs) over the last year, there may be people still waiting for recovery. However, Trisha says that we are in the recovery – it’s just that no one was expecting such high prices while recovering. These prices have been felt in every industry by the consumer at this point, and it happened very quickly due to multiple different things. But although there are many who worry the prices will only continue to rise, according to Trisha it may level out more soon than anticipated.

When India starts getting louder and louder and countries start getting louder about prices going up and they’re in recovery mode,

The Crude Life Morning Show: Play Hard Work Hard Episode 50

Hour One Play Hard: Jason Spiess and Attorney Josh Swanson, Vogel Law Firm and host of Bison Illustrated Podcast, Herd it Hear with Swany Radio Show and columnist for Bison Illustrated.

Hour Two Work Hard : North Dakota Lt. Governor Brent Sanford (and former Mayor of Watford City)

The Crude Life Daily Update For the Radio On The Podcast: Tracee Bentley, Permian Strategic Partnership

Rig Count Overview

source: tradingeconomics.com

HOUR ONE PLAY HARD:  Jason Spiess and Josh Swanson who is an attorney during the day and podcaster/radio/writer on the weekends. Josh is a die-hard North Dakota State University Bison fan to the tune where Pre-COVID he hadn’t missed a Bison football or basketball post season game since they joined Division I-AA.

The two first talk a little about some mineral disputes in the Bakken. Josh represent several land and mineral owners who have been battling the state of North Dakota in court for nearly a decade. After multiple Supreme Court victories, the state of North Dakota continues to use resources and technicalities to keep it in the courts.

Josh said he has several new court dates schedules with new litigation against the state of North Dakota.

Next the two talk March Madness! Josh gives his final four prediction and lists a couple sleepers like Houston, San Diego State and Oklahoma State. The two talk about age, experience and chemistry in a fanless COVID tournament.

The importance of fan energy is also discussed.

Since it’s Friday, we continue to talk Sports, Sports, Sports, Sports, Sports. So important you have to say it more than once. The NFL Draft is coming up and NDSU’s Trey Lance is projected to be a first round selection. Josh gives his analysis on Trey and the other quarterbacks in this year’s NFL draft.

The First Four Results Reeves Land Services over Ion Field Services 54-53 Oil Dog Pipe Rental over NaturalGasNow 53-52 Aces Completions over Winter Mud 60-52 Oilman Magazine over OGDirectory.com 86-80 Overtime

Check back to TheCrudeLife.com for scores and bracket dates throughout March Madness.

ND Gov. Doug Burgum (left), Lt. Gov Brent Sanford (right) and multimedia journalist Jason Spiess (middle) at the Bakken Conference.

In HOUR TWO we WORK HARD with our Newsmaker Interview: North Dakota Lt. Governor Brent Sanford

Interview and summary by Genneca Houser

Lt. Governor Brent Sanford has a long family history in North Dakota and his own extensive life experiences that have certainly shaped the way he is able to understand the working of industry and commerce throughout the state, as well as helped him to be an effective leader.

It’s important to note Lt. Gov. Sanford’s previous experience to understand the extent of knowledge he has when it comes to what role the oil and gas industry have in the grand scheme of things within North Dakota. He’s a third generation business owner, served on Watford City Council for four years before he served as Mayor of ...

The Crude Life Morning Show: Play Hard Work Hard Episode 49

Hour One Play Hard: Jason Spiess and Sterling talk about the recent attacks in Saudi Arabia and how his hometown of Dhahran was impacted.

Hour Two Work Hard : U.S. Senator John Hoeven on CCUS and U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer on Fox Business

The Crude Life Daily Update For the Radio On The Podcast: Katherine Burk, Katherine Burk Consulting

Rig Count Overview

source: tradingeconomics.com

The Crude Life 2021 March Madness Tournament Brackets are released!

HOUR ONE PLAY HARD:  Jason Spiess is joined back in studio by Sterling who talk about his RamcoBrats and duck and cover drills in school while living in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

The two mention how there isn’t much news on the recent attacks in the Middle East, but Sterling’s RamcoBrat Facebook Group has been keep him informed him with some boots on the ground info.

The Play Hard Morning Show also airs The Crude Life 2021 March Madness Tournament Selection Show.

In HOUR TWO we WORK HARD with our Newsmaker Interview: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer and U.S. Senator John Hoeven

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Evening Edit with Liz MacDonald on Fox Business, where he reacted to the Washington Post issuing a correction regarding its reporting on former President Trump and the Georgia election results. Senator Cramer also discussed reopening the economy and President Biden looking at raising taxes. Excerpts and a link to the full video are below.

On the Washington Post: 

“Good

for the Washington Post, but it’s awfully late. The problem is they

should avoid these mistakes in the first place by doing a little bit of

investigative reporting, but the Washington Post has become famous in

this town for jumping first before they do

the background checks and research. … The Washington Post, New

York Times, and others were largely embarrassed by Donald Trump getting

elected, and they seem to spend four years trying to undo it or

delegitimize it. This was just one more time when they

took a leap without checking out the facts, and Donald Trump was proven

right again. So shame on the Washington Post for doing it in the first

place, but at least they did print the retraction.”

On Reinstating Lockdowns:

“I agree with [Florida]

Governor [Ron] DeSantis. Quite honestly, I am perplexed by this

Administration’s desire to keep this pandemic going. We spent the last

year plus trying to get rid of the pandemic, but these guys seem to be

elongating it. … [Florida] Governor DeSantis knows

far better than anybody in Washington, D.C. whether Florida is ready to

be open, and I trust his judgment.”

On the Economy:

“If

[President Biden] does nothing and let governors reopen, he’s going to

have six-plus Gross Domestic Product growth over the cour...

The Crude Life Morning Show: Play Hard Work Hard Episode 48

Hour One Play Hard: Jason Spiess flying solo on this Hump Day, St. Patrick’s Day and World Shale Energy Day.

Hour Two Work Hard : Mike Rentfrow, president, Blue Boat Subsea

The Crude Life Daily Update For the Radio On The Podcast: Lauren Guerra, Vice President at The Austin-Montana Project; Digital Content Administrator for San Antonio Pipeliners Association; Immediate Past-President of WEN South Texas

Rig Count Overview

source: tradingeconomics.com

TODAY IS WORLD SHALE ENERGY DAY!!!!

HOUR ONE PLAY HARD:  Jason Spiess is getting caught up on interview editing, quotes for an upcoming magazine feature and The Industrial Forest. The Play Hard portion is quick and an overview of a few happenings including The Crude Life Morning Show Play Hard Work Hard’s newest sponsor – First International Bank & Trust (FIBT) and MineralTracker.com.

For more than 110 years, First International Bank & Trust (FIBT) has been based in Western North Dakota, home of the Bakken and Three Forks Formation, the second-largest producer of oil in the United States. Our Mineral & Land Services Division provides a single clearing-house for all issues facing mineral rights owners, and a trusted liaison to act in your best interest in managing relationships with oil companies.

Our team of local experts created a simple technology revolutionizing how you manage your minerals. MineralTracker allows you to audit your monthly checks, forecast future revenue and production, store your documents, and map your wells. Plus, with a MineralTracker Pro account, you are connected directly with our experts. Our management, appraisal, and consulting services, coupled with our MineralTracker software best position our clients to build and preserve their wealth. Whether you are a private mineral owner, or a professional non-operator, we are here to take away the stress of managing this great legacy and help you LiveFirst.

Who will win this year’s The Crude Life 2021 March Madness Tournament? Brackets, match ups and companies announced later today! Email [email protected] if you have any questions.

In HOUR TWO we WORK HARD with our Newsmaker Interview: Mike Rentfrow, president, Blue Boat Subsea

Rentfrow shares his story of how he is transitioning into wind energy after working in the oil and gas industry for 29 years. He spent the majority of his time underwater installing pipelines and parts of off shore wells.

Rentfrow explains how his path became directed by the emerging social engineered renewable market, government intervention into the marketplace and foreign influences with global energy policies.

Prior to 2020, Rentfrow worked primarily in oil and gas. Over the past two years he has seen his business contracts and bids shift to 80% wind and only 20% oil and gas. Rentfrow adds that most of his oil and gas work is decommissioning off shore wells and pipelines.

Rentfrow emphasizes his respect and passion for oil and gas,

The Crude Life Morning Show: Play Hard Work Hard Episode 47

Hour One Play Hard: Shawn Forbes and Jason Spiess are live from the Permian Basin Association of Pipeliners Annual Cookoff. Derrick Clark, Epic Site Solutions, LLC and Dee Meharg, Alpha Industrial Construction

Hour Two Work Hard : Caleb Amick, representing himself not The Dickinson Press who he reports and writes for.

The Crude Life Daily Update For the Radio On The Podcast: Trisha Curtis, CEO, PetroNerds

Rig Count Overview

source: tradingeconomics.com

Did you Know March 17 is World Shale Energy Day?

HOUR ONE PLAY HARD:  Jason Spiess is joined by Shawn Forbes, OG Directory and Team Forbes, live from the Permian Basin Association of Pipeliners Annual Cookoff in Odessa, Texas.

Guest interview during the Play Hard portion of the Morning Show are Dee Meharg, Alpha Industrial Construction and Derrick Clark, Epic Site Solution and Membership Chair for Permian Basin Association of Pipeliners.

Dee shares some stories of working the well site in North Dakota in the cold winters as well as working in the Texas heat.

The three talk about the sacrifices involved in the oil and gas industry. From being away from the families to driving on the dangerous roads to taking less money with more work.

Jason explains why he is a big advocate for firefighters in America.

“I do not understand how 85% of our firefighters are volunteer in America and we are sending billions and trillions of dollars overseas. Not to get political here, but if oil and gas didn’t donate money and jaws of life to local fire departments, they wouldn’t have anything. The governments should really understand their emergency service priorities in America before special projects overseas.” – Jason Spiess

Derrick gives a run down of the BBQ Bravado and Awards from the Permian Basin Association of Pipeliners Annual Cookoff. Derrick and Shawn dive into some of the unique services like lighting, rig mats and heavy pipe used in the oil and gas industry.

March Madness is BACK! Find out who is in which region, who is the number one seed and who will be in the Final Four. The Crude Life 2021 March Madness Tournament revealed March 17.

In HOUR TWO we WORK HARD with our Newsmaker Interview: Michael (Caleb) Amick

Amick is a reporter for The Dickinson Press, however, in this interview he is representing himself. The interview surrounding his recent article on Salt Water Spills in North Dakota and attorney Fintan Dooley’s presentation at Dickinson State University.

In a presentation to Professor Toby Stroh’s reclamation class at Dickinson State University on March 2, attorney Fintan Dooley said that state laws in North Dakota require oil companies to not only haul away their equipment,