The MonDak Energy Alliance will preview upcoming industrial developments at their next meeting on Thursday, March 1 at 7 p.m. (CT) in the Courtyard at the Airport International Inn, Williston.
All parties interested in business and energy development and community growth in the MonDak region are encouraged to attend. There will be a social mixer with heavy hors d‘oeuvres at 6:15 p.m. Bring your business cards and plan on networking. There is no charge for admission.
Dakota Oil Processing, LLC will provide an overview of the company’s progress. Dakota Oil Processing, LLC was established with a purpose to build a diesel refinery in Trenton.
There will be presentations on activity in the region of the Bakken oil play. Oneok Partners has been invited to provide an update on their growth activity. Halliburton will show the processes involved in fracturing a well. In addition, Captain Alan Billehus, North Dakota Highway Patrol, will discuss what’s fact and what’s fiction on the crime rates in the Williston area.
The MonDak Energy Alliance is a consortium of public and private interests from eastern Montana and western North Dakota that seeks to act as a catalyst for business and industrial projects that can build and diversify the economy of the MonDak region by leveraging its tremendous energy resources. The Alliance seeks to develop oil, coal, wind and bio-fuels and to take advantage of the synergies afforded by developing them together. Their website is at: http://www.mondakenergy.com.
For membership information, please contact Ken Callahan at 701-572-1620 or email Ken.Callahan @mdu.com.
To register online for the event, please visit http://www.willistondevelopment.com/event.aspx.
The Alliance is co-chaired by Williston Mayor Ward Koeser and Sidney Mayor Bret Smelser.
For more information contact the Williston Economic Development office at 701-577-8110.
Agenda Update
5:30 p.m. - Board Meeting
6:30 p.m. - Social/Mixer (heavy hors d‘oeuvres)
7 p.m. - Call to Order - Welcome and Introductions: Williston Mayor Ward Koeser, Co-chair
7:05 p.m. - Mon-Dak Energy Alliance Update: Sidney Mayor Bret Smelser, Co-chair
7:10 p.m. - Oneok Partners
7:30 p.m. - North Dakota Highway Patrol – Fact and Fiction on the Crime in the Williston Area: Alan Billehus, North Dakota Highway Patrol captain, Williston
7:50 p.m. - Halliburton Energy Services – Fracing Process: Jonathon Mack, Halliburton district technology manager, Williston
8:10 p.m. - Dakota Oil Processing, LLC – Project Overview: Chester Trabucco, Dakota Oil Processing CEO, Trenton
8:30 p.m. - Panel Discussion: Program speakers will form a panel to answer the audience’s questions.
9 p.m. - Adjourn
The meeting is open to the public and there is no registration fee to attend. To save time at the meeting please register in advance at http://www.williston development.com/events.aspx.
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