ANNUAL MEETING

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Check-In and Registration

Rough Rider Center, main level
2209 Wolves Den Parkway, Watford City, ND 

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Welcome Social and Hors d’oeuvres for Annual Meeting Registrants

Rough Rider Center, main level
2209 Wolves Den Parkway, Watford City, ND 

8:30 a.m.

Check-In and Registration

Rough Rider Center
2209 Wolves Den Parkway, Watford City, ND 58854

8:30 a.m.

Breakfast Pastries, Fruit, Coffee & Juice

Rough Rider Center Field House

Sponsored by Crusoe Energy Systems, Inc.

9:00 a.m.

Networking 

Morning Speakers

9:45 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Ron Ness, President, North Dakota Petroleum Council

9:50 a.m.

Star-Spangled Banner

Performed by Jessie Veeder

9:55 a.m.

Welcome

Senator Dale Patten,  Chairman of Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee

10:00 a.m.

NDPC Annual Business Meeting & Year in Review

Todd Slawson, President, Slawson, Companies;  Chairman, North Dakota Petroleum Council

10:15 a.m.

Bakken Next Steps

A Chat with Rick Muncrief, CEO, Devon Energy; Moderated by Ron Ness, President, North Dakota Petroleum Council

10:45 a.m.

XTO’s Williston Basin & Western Hemisphere Plans

Bryan Pickett, General Manager, Central U.S. and Argentina, ExxonMobil;  Moderated by Kathleen Neset, President, NESET Consulting

11:15 a.m.

Meet Nathan Anderson, the New ND Department of Mineral Resources Director

Moderated by Ron Ness, President, North Dakota Petroleum Council

11:45 a.m.

Break

12:00 p.m.

Chairman’s Luncheon & NDPC Awards

Lunch served in Rough Rider Center Field House

North Dakota Petroleum Foundation Year-In-Review– Whitney Stephenson, Senior Landman, Grayson Mill Energy; Board Member, North Dakota Petroleum Foundation

Membership Awards:

NDPC Member of the Year – SandPro LLC

NDPC Distinguished Industry Leader Award – Edward Ridl

NDPC Outstanding Public Servant Award – Daryl Dukart

NDPC Hall of Fame Award – Lawrence Bender

1:45 p.m.

GRAND ENERGY, A New Vision for Skilled Workforce

Brent Sanford, Consultant, Office of Workforce and Economic Development, Bismarck State College

Dr. Steve Holen, Superintendent, Watford City Public Schools/Bakken Area Skills Center

Kenley Nebeker, Executive Director, TrainND Northwest

2:15 p.m.

Evidence of Underdeveloped Resources in the Three Forks Formation

Tim Nesheim,  Head of Subsurface Section/Core Library Manager, North Dakota Geological Survey

2:30 p.m.

Regulatory Review

Eric Delzer, Regulatory Affairs Manager, North Dakota Petroleum Council

Dustin Anderson, Regulatory Manager, Chord Energy

2:45 P.m.

Change, Compliance, and Technology Evolution

Darren Schmidt, Assistant Director for Energy, Oil & Gas, Energy & Environmental Research Center

3:00 P.m.

Break

3:15 P.m.

Driving Operational Excellence with Remote Technologies:  Emissions, Drilling, and Completions 

Jason Canty, Remote Operations Superintendent, ExxonMobil

Hopkins Peyton, Completions Engineer – Americas, ExxonMobil

3:40 P.m.

Chemistry in EOR:  Boosting Production with Biosurfactants

Eric Nelson, Director of Technology, Creedence Energy Services

4:00 P.m.

WISE Roads

Jonathan Rosencrans, WISE Roads Meteorologist, North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network

4:15 p.m.

Adjourn

5:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Social & Dinner for Annual Meeting Registrants

McKenzie County Ag Expo

12880 25th St NW, Watford City, ND

7:30 a.m.

Check-In and Registration

Rough Rider Center

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast Buffet

Rough Rider Center Field House

Sponsored by BITCO Insurance Companies, NDPC’s preferred provider of oil and gas insurance

8:30 a.m.

Welcome 

Brady Pelton, Vice President and General Council, North Dakota Petroleum Council

8:35 a.m.

Bakken Power Supply Panel

Commissioner Randy Christmann, North Dakota Public Service Commission

Gavin McCollam, Senior Vice President & COO, Basin Electric Power Cooperative

Jared Weingartner, Manager – Williston Facilities, Continental Resources

Moderated by Brad Aman, Vice President, Project Development & Services, Continental Resources

9:30 a.m.

Troy Downing, Montana Republican Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives

9:45 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m.

Property Tax Elimination:  Relief or Ruin?

Sen. Dale Patten, District 26

Danette Welsh, Government Relations Director, ONEOK

Neal Messer, Stark County Commissioner

Leslie Bieber, District Superintendent, Alexander Public School District

Moderated by Geoff Simon, Executive Director, Western Dakota Energy Association

10:45 a.m.

Oil and Gas Takeaways in a Changing Landscape

Justin Kringstad, Executive Director, North Dakota Pipeline Authority

11:10 a.m.

Adding Value to Bakken Gas

Josh Teigen, North Dakota Commerce Commissioner

Nico Duursema, President & CEO, Cerilon

Moderated by Kelvin Hullet, SVP & Chief Business Development Officer, Bank of North Dakota 

12:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks and Adjourn

Ron Ness, President, North Dakota Petroleum Council

(no lunch provided)