Six companies listed. At least one is in the Bakken: EEP.
For all those investors who are tired of CISCO and MICROSOFT going nowhere for the past five years, look at some of the Bakken-related companies. Just saying.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Boondoggle That Utility Customers Will Be Paying For -- Wind Story
Link here.
These hatchlings -- when they grow up -- will then "lead" their flock of birds through dangerous windmill territory.
Call signs have already been assigned: "Bald Eagle 1." "Bald Eagle 2." "Egret 1." "Egret 2." "Whooping crane 1." "Whooping crane 2." "Bat 1." "Bat niner-one-two-niner-three."
Crows and pigeons will not be provided transponders. They will be on their own.
A wind farm planned just south of Rawlins has added a radar system to monitor birds.My understanding is that the FAA will install several observation towers in Wyoming and retired FAA air traffic controllers will guide the migrating birds through the wind turbine maze. Washington bureaucrats are now drafting a plan to collect eggs, and attaching transponders to hatchlings.
The radar, originally for the military, will help developer Power Co. of Wyoming LLC collect data about the habitat and migration patters of golden eagles, bald eagles, hawks and other bird species and bats at the proposed 1,000-turbine wind energy project.
The information will be used to help create a management plan for eagles, birds and bats on the company’s Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project.
The proposed 2,500 megawatt, $4 billion to $6 billion wind farm site will sit on portions of 154 square miles of the Overland Trail Cattle Co. ranch, a 500 square-mile checkerboard of public and private land.
These hatchlings -- when they grow up -- will then "lead" their flock of birds through dangerous windmill territory.
Call signs have already been assigned: "Bald Eagle 1." "Bald Eagle 2." "Egret 1." "Egret 2." "Whooping crane 1." "Whooping crane 2." "Bat 1." "Bat niner-one-two-niner-three."
Crows and pigeons will not be provided transponders. They will be on their own.
Branding -- North Dakota -- Heart of the Bakken -- There's More to North Dakota Than Oil
Branding -- McKenzie County -- Memorial Day Weekend, 2011.
This was at least one of three sites where this group was branding cattle. It appears they could accomplish their goal in about 45 minutes (maybe less) in each area that they branded.
This is just one area so you can get a feeling about the number of head of cattle involved.
It was "fun" to note that the mother cows did not stray far from where their calves were being branded.
Clicking on the photos can enlarge them, and they are not copyrighted.
This was at least one of three sites where this group was branding cattle. It appears they could accomplish their goal in about 45 minutes (maybe less) in each area that they branded.
This is just one area so you can get a feeling about the number of head of cattle involved.
It was "fun" to note that the mother cows did not stray far from where their calves were being branded.
Clicking on the photos can enlarge them, and they are not copyrighted.
Road Trip -- McKenzie County -- Mondak Oil Field -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA
This is a posed, staged photo.
The bad news: there is no signage identifying this well.
The good news: based on GIS map server, and a few landmarks, there is a 99.99% chance that this well sits where this gentleman has a few mineral acres. The best landmark: a rig-on-site a few miles north which matches the one on the GIS map server. There is currently only one rig-on-site in the Mondak oil field.
The bad news: this well is still confidential and neither the gentleman nor the photographer know which way the horizontal legs run.
The bad news: based on where this well is sited inside the section, the horizontal legs most likely run south. The gentleman's mineral acres are north.
More bad news: this well has only three tanks. A small well?
Good news: The area is becoming very active, and over time additional wells will be put in.
The bad news: there is no signage identifying this well.
The good news: based on GIS map server, and a few landmarks, there is a 99.99% chance that this well sits where this gentleman has a few mineral acres. The best landmark: a rig-on-site a few miles north which matches the one on the GIS map server. There is currently only one rig-on-site in the Mondak oil field.
The bad news: this well is still confidential and neither the gentleman nor the photographer know which way the horizontal legs run.
The bad news: based on where this well is sited inside the section, the horizontal legs most likely run south. The gentleman's mineral acres are north.
More bad news: this well has only three tanks. A small well?
Good news: The area is becoming very active, and over time additional wells will be put in.
Another Story on Lack of Adequate Workforce in the Bakken -- North Dakota, USA
This time: a focus on Minnesota workers. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
After just a few days in Williston, I have heard many, many stories regarding this issue.
Perhaps when I have more time, I will post a few notes.
North Dakota's governor and commerce and tax commissioners, among other state officials, recently launched a full-scale recruiting mission in the North Star state. They are seeking engineers, electricians, IT pros, machine operators, health care experts and anyone else who wants a job, so long as they don't mind relocating.
"We are in such a wonderful position over here right now," said North Dakota Commerce Commissioner Alan Anderson. "But we have a 3.3 percent unemployment rate. ... So we have to either get some more folks coming back home or get more coming across the state line to share in the opportunities."
In the Twin Cities, North Dakota officials have dined with business leaders and brought in 40 businesses to interview 350 Minnesotans at a job fair in Minneapolis. They also have tapped Minnesota's colleges and universities for hiring leads.
After just a few days in Williston, I have heard many, many stories regarding this issue.
Perhaps when I have more time, I will post a few notes.
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