Tag: oil and gas
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Losing the Night Sky: How Oil and Gas Development Altered New Town’s Views
Norma: Norma Stenslie. I grew up in the eastern part of North Dakota, by Hope, and we met at Concordia college. I was a piano teacher most of the time after our marriage. We lived in western North Dakota all our married life. And now we are here. Napoleon. Jim: Jim Stenslie. Grew up in…
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“I’ve seen enough natural gas wasted to have heated my home forever.”
“I’m Mike Wilson, and I live in Bainville, Montana. I’m a rancher. My parents ranched on our place before me, and my grandparents and great-grandparents before them. We’ve got… how many? 22, 23 wells on our place? And we own some of the mineral rights, but a lot of them belong to the BLM and…
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No Control: How the Oil and Gas Industry Keeps this Retirement Community in the Dark
Bob: “I’m Bob Robertson, and I live in Battlement Mesa, Colorado. I’ve lived here… I think it’s about six years now. Before this, I lived in Grand Junction, and then before that, it was Denver. So I’ve been in Colorado for almost all my life.” Bernita: “I’m his wife, Bernita Grove Robertson, and I’ve lived…
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No Room for Negotiation: The Problem with Split Estate
Bill: “My name is Bill West, and I’ve been on the ranch here for eighty-three years. Born and raised here. My dad came out in 1919, and homesteaded, and lived the rest of his life here.” Marge: “I’m Marjorie West, and I’ve been out here for almost sixty-two years. Arvada is our mailing address. It…
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Feeling Helpless Against Oil and Gas Companies
“My name is Carol Nash, and we live here in Bridger. We raise cattle and sheep on our place. We weren’t involved at all until the news came out in the newspaper that they were planning on developing a gas well down here. Down near Belfry. It was a big learning process, because we knew…
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An Unexplained Tumor: The Mysterious Health Impacts of Oil and Gas
“My parents worked in the oilfield. My husband worked in the oilfield. We knew what oil drilling was like in the 80s and 90s. We just didn’t understand how different it would be, when the rigs came in this time.” “The first thing was the blowout. That was our first indication that this…