28th Annual Williston Basin Petroleum Conference
Sept. 1-3, 2020 | Bismarck Event Center | Bismarck, ND
Registration to attend the 28th Annual Williston Basin Petroleum Conference is now open. The Conference will now feature virtual options with livestreaming and online exhibitor profiles along with the traditional live and in-person speakers and trade show!
26th Annual Williston Basin Petroleum Conference
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Tuesday, May 22
Growing the Energy Workforce and Advancing Our Western North Dakota Communities
Session Chairs: Rob Lindberg, Director, Bakken Backers
Doug Goehring, North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner
Workforce Statistics – Cindy Sanford, Job Service North Dakota/Williston
Community Infrastructure/Growth – Geoff Simon, Executive Director, Western Dakota Energy Association
Growing Creedence Energy – Kevin Black, Co-founder & President, Creedence Energy Services
Millennials Matter – How to Attract, Retain, & Intrigue Today’s Workforce – Danita Bye, CEO: Sales Growth Specialists
CyberSecurity: Is your infrastructure safe?
Session Chairs: Tony Straquadine, Manager, U.S. Officer, Alliance Pipeline
Kari Cutting, Vice President, North Dakota Petroleum Council
Cybersecurity: Today’s Invisible Battlespace – Jerad Sayler, Capt., Chief of Offensive Cyber Operations, USAF Space Command
Protecting U.S. Infrastructure: FERC’s Cybersecurity Program – Joe McClelland, Director, Office of Energy Infrastructure, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (No presentation available)
Is Your Home/Business Data Safe? – John Nagel, CEO/Founder, CyberNet Security, LLC (No presentation available)
Williston Basin Breakthrough Technologies
Session Chairs: Michael Kukuk, Regulatory Manager, Oasis Petroleum
Curtis Ryland, Regional Vice President – Bakken Asset Team, Marathon Oil
Intriguing New Pipeline Monitoring Technologies – Brian Kalk, Director of Energy Systems Development, Energy & Environmental Research Center
UAS – Oil & Gas Inspection & Detection – Brad Tomer, Vice President of Operations, Avitas Systems, a GE Venture
Enhancing the Bakken with Beyond Visual Line of Sight UAS – Jim Cieplak, Business Development & Customer Strategic Accounts, Harris Corporation
The Davis Refinery: Industry Proven Technology, Comprehensively Applied to Meet Lower Emissions – Lance Medlin, Executive Vice President, Projects, Meridian Energy
Leveraging Digital Technology to Optimize Equipment Operation and Maintenance – David Dunlevy, General Manager, Caterpillar Oil & Gas
Well-site Automation – Travis Wardlaw, IS Manager Denver Division, EOG Resources
Moving Past the Thief Hatch/Alternative Central Tank Battery Designs – Ryan Lunsford, Facilities Engineering Supervisor, Whiting Petroleum Corporation
Dust Control for New OSHA Regulations – John Jackson, Application Technology Manager, Unimin Energy
Energy Transmission Siting in North Dakota: An Overview of Procedures for Route Adjustments Before or During Construction of Transmission Pipelines – Lawrence Bender, Attorney, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., on behalf of Dakota Access Pipeline
Natural Gas Capture & Infrastructure Development
Session Chair: Phil Archer, NDPC Natural Gas Capture Task Force Chair, Whiting Oil & Gas
Gas Capture Regulations – Bruce Hicks, Director of North Dakota Oil & Gas Division
Production Growth & Capture Data – Justin Kringstad, Director, North Dakota Pipeline Authority
Expanding Gas Processing Capacity – David Cassel, Manager of Project Analysis, Natural Gas Gathering and Processing, ONEOK Rockies Midstream
Tackling Gas Capture in the Core of the Bakken – Diaco Aviki, Crestwood Midstream Partners
Advances in Remote Capture – Brian Cebull, President & CEO, GTUIT
Wednesday, May 23
Welcome – Ron Ness, President, North Dakota Petroleum Council | (No presentation)
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum | (No presentation)
Address from Miss America Cara Mund | (No presentation)
Global Market Impact of the American Energy Renaissance | (No presentation)
Harold Hamm, Chairman & CEO, Continental Resources
Dr. Edward Lewis Morse, Managing Director and Global Head of Commodities Research at Citigroup Inc., Research Division
Address from U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke | (No presentation)
Senator John Hoeven and Senator Heidi Heitkamp Videos
Leading the Way in Shale: Future Challenges and Opportunities for the Bakken – Greg Hill, President, Worldwide Exploration & Production, Hess Corporation
Liberty’s Stomping Horse Bakken EOR Project – Mark Pearson, President & CEO, Liberty Resources
Marketing Bakken Oil to the World – Brady Cook, Senior Vice President Oil and Trading, Koch Industries, Inc.
New Energy Economic Reality
(No presentations for this session)
Session Chairs: Preston Page, CEO/President, Page Petroleum
Kathleen Neset, North Dakota Petroleum Council Vice Chair, Neset
Outlook for U.S. Monetary Policy & Implications on Energy Sector – Neel Kashkari, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Conversation 1: Global Oil Market Perspective/The Williston Basin’s Contribution
Conversation 2: Shift in Public Market Mindset as to the Energy Sector
Bob Morris, Managing Director, Oil and Gas Exploration & Production, Citi Research
John Gerdes, Managing Director & Head of Research, KLR Group
Neel Kashkari, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Williston Basin Optimization
Session Chairs: Alan Olson, Montana Petroleum Association
John Harju, VP-Strategic Partnerships, Energy & Environmental Research Center
US-Canada Collaborations on EOR and CO2-EOR – Dan MacLean, CEO/President of Petroleum Technology Research Centre
Expanding the Margins of the Williston Basin – The Impact of Refined Stimulation Design – Kyle Trainor, Reservoir Engineer, NP Energy Services, LLC
Strategic Completion Design and Operation in Addressing Parent-Child Well Impact
Ashley Thoma, Completions Team Lead, Statoil
Lionel Ribeiro, Senior Reservoir Engineer, Statoil
Fiber Optics in Completions: Real-Time Stage Optimization – Price Stark, Pinnacle
Completion drivers to optimize dollars per barrel of oil equivalent – Leen Weijers, VP of Engineering, Liberty Oil Field Services
Regulation: New Day – Better Way! | Location: Exhibit Hall D
Session Chairs: Zac Weis, Government & Community Relations Manager, Marathon Oil
Alan Olson, Executive Director, Montana Petroleum Association
Douglas Benevento, EPA Region 8 Administrator
Dave Glatt, Chief of the North Dakota Department of Health Environmental Health Section
Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota Attorney General
Tim Fox, Montana Attorney General
Williston Basin’s Multi-Zone Geology
Session Chairs: Ed Murphy, North Dakota State Geologist, ND Geological Survey
Melinda Yurkowski, Assistant Chief Geologist, Petroleum Geology, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy
Untapped Unconventional Potential: Heat Flow and Source Bed Thermal Maturity – Burke Brunson, UND Geology Graduate Student
Spearfish/Madison Formations – Travis Stolldorf, Geologist, North Dakota Geological Survey
Tyler Formation – Tim Nesheim (filling in for Jeff Brehm, Managing Member, Tall Cotton Petroleum)
Madison Targets in Saskatchewan & North Dakota
Arden Marsh, Petroleum Research Geologist Saskatchewan Geological Survey
Tim Nesheim, Geologist, North Dakota Geological Survey
Birdbear-Duperow (Devonian) – Jeff Bader, Geologist, North Dakota Geological Survey
Stonewall and Lower Interlake Formations (Silurian) – Tim Nesheim, Geologist, North Dakota Geological Survey
Helium Resources and Potential of the Phanerozoic Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Southern Saskatchewan – Melinda Yurkowski, Assistant Chief Geologist, Petroleum Geology, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy
Thursday, May 24
Welcome – Blu Hulsey, North Dakota Petroleum Council Chairman, Continental Resources (No presentation)
Congressman Kevin Cramer Video
World Supply/Demand – Linda Capuano, Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Bakken Now! Production Growth & Infrastructure Needs – Lynn Helms, Director, Department of Mineral Resources
The Best Play Gets Better – Jack Stark, President, Continental Resources
High-Tech Oil Shale – Mike Henderson, Vice President, Resource Plays North, Marathon Oil
Bakken CEOs – What’s Next for the Williston Basin
Moderator: Ron Ness, President, North Dakota Petroleum Council
Resilience Against Volatility – Erec Isaacson, Vice President, Rockies Business Unit, ConocoPhillips
Bakken Strong: Our Cornerstone Asset – Thomas Nusz, Chairman and CEO, Oasis Petroleum
Why the Bakken? – Brad Holly, President and CEO, Whiting Petroleum Corporation
Politics & America 2018 – J.C. Watts, Chairman, J.C. Watts Companies (No presentation)