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Oh Sure, I’ve Heard of the Bakken
We presented at a meeting the other day and asked how many in the room had heard of the Bakken? Well, it looked like everyone had heard of the Bakken, but the group was a little short on details. Below are two short clips, originally done in 2008 on the Bakken. They are a nice quick [...]
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Down Time is Money in the Oil Field
Benjamin Franklin, often short of words, but long on meaning first uttered the saying, “Time is Money” way back in 1748. His point – time is valuable and money is wasted when we fail to use our time productively. Not too difficult of a concept to grasp in business. But when your business is oil [...]
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The North Dakota – New York Connection ?
When I think of being connected in New York, a flood of mental images; ranging from Marlon Brando in the The Godfather making an offer you can’t refuse to a steady stream of episodes from The Sopranos plays out in my mind. So what possibly could New York and rural, end of the earth (by a New [...]
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Mini Bakken….in Our Backyard
While Williston, North Dakota is the epicenter of the Bakken oil play, talk of the “mini Bakken” is beginning to take root in eastern Montana…an area that is sparse in population, sparse in trees, but even more importantly sparse in infrastructure to support the momentum of an energy wave. Like most decisions in life, the choices we make [...]
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Horizontal Drilling – Hydraulic Fracturing – It’s Not New
While economic contribution and job creation seem to dominate headline space as well as political focus, some may feel that we compromise our future as we emotionally react to the pain of our present set of circumstances. Questions/concerns about our domestic energy production are not in short supply. They range from what technological processes are [...]
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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
You’re down to the wire, time is almost up. You’ve used all your life lines getting to this point and you’ve decided to go for broke on the final million dollar question on an episode of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”. This is it, crunch time ! All your dreams are about to come [...]
