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Building the Bakken Radio Episode 1 Segment 2:  Community in the Bakken Segment

The MBI Relay for Life BBQ Fundraiser And Cook Off took place in Dickinson, ND. In addition to the BBQ, RoughRider Days was happening so the town was hopping. Click here to see photos of the MBI BBQ and RoughRider Days.

Heidi LaBree, American Cancer Society, talks about MBI’s leadership on the Relay for Life project. She comments about how they were able to bring other companies together for the BBQ and pull off a top notch event. She also shared her observations of giving in the Bakken. LaBree believes there is a community within the Bakken and her observations have been that the giving has far exceeded her expectations.

In addition to raising funds for the American Cancer Society, MBI awarded a trophy to Light Tower Rentals for Top Cooker. Terry Keithley, president Light Tower Rentals, commented on the quality of life in the Bakken. Keithley said communities are always going to be stressed as they grow, but overall it is more good than bad.

World champion auctioneer Kyle Shobe has been traveling through the oil patch for about a decade and has observed the crowds and traffic. Shobe said the rodeos have not seen sell out crowds, but has seen some slow growth with more and more families moving in. He said it isn’t just guys driving in from all over two weeks on and two weeks off, there are families starting roots in Western North Dakota.

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Building the Bakken Radio Show Part 1: Intro and Feature Story

Is the Bakken a technology boom or an oil boom?

Host Jason Spiess interviews former North Dakota governor and current Continental Resources board member Ed Schafer about how important technology is in the Bakken oil boom. His answer prompted us to ask other industry experts whether the Bakken was a tech boom. Schafer said the current technology is only getting about 5% of the oil out of the ground, and as the technology improves, more oil can be extracted from the ground.

Venture capitalist Steve Fifita agreed with Schafer. Fifita’s background is in technology emerging markets and sees many of the same inflection points. Fifita said a theology disruption is what opened the market.

Jeff Zarling, Williston native and founder of Dawa Solutions Group, said this oil boom is different. He said it isn’t “a bunch of roughnecks out there slinging chain and hitting the bars at night.”. Zarling said Richard Finley changed the world when he applied horizontal drilling and hydraulic fraking in the Elm Coulee Field. Zarling added it is all about tweaking and changing the technology within the Bakken to reach the 413 billion barrels below the earth’s surface

Joseph Mahan, economist Minneapolis Federal Reserve, said the technology boom was an interesting angle, but the Bakken is clearly an oil boom. He went on to say that what the grain of truth in Schafer’s comments were that it is technology that is clearly driving the access to the oil to create the boom. He also added a relatively favorable price of oil for the past decade has contributed to the Bakken success.

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Interview: GTUIT founder and CEO Brian CeBull

Building the Bakken Radio Episode 27 Segment 3:  Bakken Energy

One on One with GTUIT founder and CEO Brian CeBull. (Billings, MT)

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Interviews: Nate Moody, NDSU football player, Dickinson, ND, native; and Landon Lechler, NDSU football player, Beach, ND, native

Nate Moody, Dickinson (ND) native, interviewed by Jason Spiess at the Bison Sports Arena. Photo by Jason Spiess

Building the Bakken Radio Episode 27 Segment 2:  Bakken Home Town

NDSU’s Boys of the Bakken.  Interviews with Landon Lechler (Beach, ND) and Nate Moody (Dickinson)

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Welcome, Preview, News Update and Music Montage – Eden Parker’s Gold (Sidney MT native, living in ND now)

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Interview: Current News

Building the Bakken Radio Episode 26 Segment 1: News Update and Music Montage – Eden Parker’s Gold (Sidney MT native, living in ND now)

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Building the Bakken Episode 27:  Segment 4

Backyard Inventors and Entrepreneurs of the Bakken

Interviews:  Ed Schafer, Continental Resources Board of Director member and son of ND Business legend Harold Schafer and Craig Whitney, CEO Fargo/Moorhead/WestFargo Chamber

Music: Blind Joe “Regular Joe”

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Interviews:  Ed Schafer, Continental Resources Board of Director member and son of ND Business legend Harold Schafer and Craig Whitney, CEO Fargo/Moorhead/West Fargo Chamber

Building the Bakken Episode 27:  Segment 4: Backyard Inventors and Entrepreneurs of the Bakken

Music: Blind Joe “Regular Joe”

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Building the Bakken Episode 27: Segment 3

One on One with ND Rep. Ben Hanson

Music: Woody Pines “99 Year Blues”

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Interview: ND Rep. Ben Hanson

Building the Bakken Episode 27 Segment 3: One on One with ND Rep. Ben Hanson

Music: Woody Pines “99 Year Blues”

Hanson talks about how Fargo views the oil activity in western North Dakota.  Hanson’s grandfather was a veteran law maker from the oil patch and he recalls many holidays with eastern versus western debates.

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