VOLUME VII ISSUE III FALL 2013
Oil&GasTIDBITSWe Keep North Dakota Going Strong
I n d u s t r y t e a m s u p t o t a c k l e t r a s h a n d b
u i l d r e l a t i o n s h i p s
Whats new online? Learn more about the IOGCC and the Chairmans
Stewardship Awards, visit www.iogcc.state.ok.us/.
To learn more about the North Dakota oil and gas industry, visit
www.northdakotaoilcan.com
P i c k U p t h e P a t c h ! r e c o g n i z e d w i t h
E n v i r o n m e n t a l P a r t n e r s h i p A w a r d
On November 5, 2013 the North Dakota Petroleum Council (NDPC)
was recognized with an Environmental Partnership Award by the
Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) during its Annual
Meeting in Long Beach, CA. Governors from Alabama and Mississippi
presented NDPC with the award for its Pick Up the Patch! program,
which was launched in 2012 to create partnerships between
communities and the oil and gas industry and create a no-litter
culture in western north Dakota.
The award, which recognizes an innovative project each year that
is led by a non-industry organization in cooperation with an
industry partner, recognized Pick Up the Patch! for culminating
positive relationships and feelings of goodwill between the
industry and local communities. The Environmental Partnership Award
is one of four Chairmans Stewardship Awards presented each year.
These awards are the IOGCCs highest honor for exemplary efforts by
the oil and natural gas industry in environmental stewardship.
According to the organization,
Whiting employees pose near a dumpster after completing a
clean-up near Belfield during the summer of 2012.
stewardship within the industry is one of the great untold
success stories and the projects recognized represent only a sample
of those in operation throughout the world.
P r o g r a m l a u n c h e d i n 2 0 1 2 t o q u i c k l y
a d d r e s s i s s u e o f a c c u m u l a t i n g t r a s hAs
litter became an issue in 2012, NDPC felt that of all
the challenges facing western North Dakota, trash was one that
could be fixed quickly and easily, and so Pick Up the Patch! was
born. When the program kicked off in April, companies were
encouraged to participate in immediate clean-up efforts while
developing long-term prevention plans in everyday operations. Many
NDPC companies worked with their local community leaders to hold
community clean-up days as well as implementing those prevention
efforts like training videos, safety meeting reminders and
dedicating roustabout crews to waste management.
Some companies, like Marathon Oil, who has participated in the
States Adopt-A-Highway program since 2006, have been making litter
control a part of the operations for many years. Many other
companies dove in head-first and quickly made the program a
priority. Events were held all throughout western North Dakota in
places like Dickinson, Williston, Crosby, Watford City, Tioga,
Berthold, Robinson Lake, Beach, New Town, Stanley and
An Enbridge employee picks up cardboard from the ditches of
Highway 2 in Minot. In the two years since Pick Up the Patch was
launched, industry volunteers have picked up over 2,400 bags of
trash from North Dakota roads and communities.
North Dakota Petroleum Council
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Bismarck, ND 58502-1395
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Belfield. By August, more than 800 bags of trash had been picked
up along more than 125 miles of roadway, and the work continued
well into the fall.
In 2013, companies volunteered to serve as team leads in primary
areas of the Bakken. Team leads served as a central contact point
and event leader for a region, making it easier for smaller
companies without the manpower to hold their own events to
participate in Pick Up the Patch through larger, multi-company
events. A great example of this kind of collaborative effort was
the large Pick Up the Patch! event held in Minot on May 17, 2013.
Coordinated by team lead Hess Corporation and Enbridge, more than
189 industry volunteers picked up hundreds of bags of trash from
all over the city of Minot. They also cleaned and raked seven local
parks, getting them ready for community use throughout the
summer.
I n d u s t r y c o m m i t m e n t t o a t r a s h - f r e
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B a k k e n m a k e s p r o g r a m a s u c c e s sPick Up the
Patch! quickly became one of NDPCs
most successful initiatives, thanks to the commitment of members
to maintain a trash-free environment. In 2013 alone, more than 750
industry volunteers and 70 companies participated in the program
and helped collect more than 1,600 bags of trash from roadways and
communities in the oil patch. As ditches and parks have been
cleaned, relationships between members of the oil and gas industry
and the communities they live and work in have been built and
strengthened. With so many organizations committed to making
western North Dakota a great, trash-free place to live and work,
Pick Up the Patch! is sure to be a successful effort for years to
come.
In 2013, fifteen companies volunteered to serve as Team Leads
for communities across the Bakken. These companies played an
integral role in coordinating clean-up activities for their
communities. For team lead contact information, please visit
www.northdakotaoilcan.com/solutions/pickupthepatch.
2 0 1 3 P i c k U p t h e P a t c h T e a m L e a d s
Belfield-MBI Energy Berthold-Enbridge Bottineau-Basin Service Co.
Dickinson-Marathon Oil GrassyButte&Keene-
Delta Constructors LLC Killdeer-Quality Mat
Mandaree-Enerplus
Minot-Hess Corporation NewTown-WPX Energy Parshall-QEP Resources
Tioga-Neset Consulting WatfordCity-Absorbent &
Safety Solutions Williston-StatOil
Williston
New TownMandaree
Tioga
Watford City
Minot
Bottineau
Parshall
Killdeer
DickinsonBelfield
Grassy Butte
Keene
Berthold
