Bakken Play Ingenuity Aimed at Cleaning Oil Spills

An environmental services company and helicopter service company in the booming oil region of western North Dakota have teamed up to develop an organic solution to cleaning up oil spills on water. Bakken Environmental Services developed a coating for wood chips that attracts oil and repels water. The chips would be dropped on localized oil spills by Double M Helicopter, then cleaned up by booms and suction, according to a story in Tuesday’s Bismarck Tribune.

To see how the new technology works, check out this video demonstration produced by the two North Dakota-based companies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvrM0Ykf16U

Just like thousands of energy industry workers are flooding into North Dakota to extract valuable oil reserves locked miles below the ground, so are environmental services and oil industry support service companies working toward solutions to important environmental challenges. Developments like this one could help build the confidence of North Dakotans that oil can be extracted safely and efficiently.

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#1 from Sean Harmer on March 07, 2012

Hi Jim -

Thanks for writing this piece and giving some background on the businessman.  I know this happens all the time and I’m glad to see you pushed back.  There is a lot of great content that has considerable value. Just taking it is essentially stealing from that value - which someone else created. 

I doubt that businessman was trying to be malicious.  However, there is a whole other world of malicious plagiarism, content theft, and data mining.  I was just talking with someone recently who was trying to quantify the total damage caused to businesses that manage content , classifieds, or even user data.  We’ll see what she comes back with.

Perhaps you can write a piece about the ways businesses or individuals can addresses this issue when they’re the victim.  Like the DMCA, Captcha, etc…

#2 from lisanne on October 07, 2011

I agree, we need to know these regulations.

#3 from BOB on July 18, 2011

Thanks

#4 from bb on July 18, 2011

have a great birthday!

#5 from Mark Billings on July 14, 2011

In addition to the section on “Staying in moment”, it cannot be overlooked that the human mind is a powerful tool for fulfilling our desires. It is said, “What you put your attention on, grows.”

If we focus on the failure, rather than the lessons learned and the valiant attempt made, then it will likely grow in our experience, further reinforcing the negative thinking, as if it were justified. Instead, it is the “doom and gloom” that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Some people are very prophetic in that regard.

Better to put the attention where you would like to be and consistently put forward the efforts in that direction. Somehow, some way, that positive persistence draws support, ultimately, from those around us. Success breeds success, and most other people want to see us succeed. Only by moving in that direction will we get where we want to go.

Spend your efforts where they will add to your success, but most importantly, put your attention and mind-set on the goal. It can only grow closer with the greater focus.

#6 from BB on July 14, 2011

Thanks for the information. very informatiive.

#7 from BB on July 14, 2011

NOt sure the size of the labor pool is the issue. Its the quality.

#8 from BB on July 14, 2011

Thanks for the information.

#9 from Steve Webster on June 14, 2011

We have a number of good used HXX trucks if needed.

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