ND oil and gas industry helps "Pick Up the Patch!"
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VOLUME VI ISSUE II AUGUST 2012 Oil & GasTIDBITS We Keep North Dakota Going Strong NORTH DAKOTA C O U N C I L PETROLEUM What’s new online? The newest North Dakota Oil Can! ad is out! Check it out at www.northdakotaoilcan.com. To learn more about the North Dakota oil and gas industry, visit www.northdakotaoilcan.com A ctivity in the Bakken has brought with it many positive things – more opportunities, more businesses and more people. But along with these positives has come one negative: an increase in trash. To address the growing concern over littering and trash accumulation in the Oil Patch, the North Dakota Petroleum Council has launched Pick up the Patch!, a new program that encourages the oil industry and communities to work together to create a “no litter” culture. “Most of the challenges – roads and houses for example – that western North Dakota are facing take time. Trash is something we feel we can take care of immediately,” said Alexis Brinkman, government relations manager for the NDPC. Since launching in April, more than 70 companies and 700 volunteers have helped clean up highways in and around communities in the patch. This year, Marathon Oil, headquartered in Dickinson, helped kick off the Petroleum Council’s Pick up the Patch! initiative earlier this year by teaming up with several local businesses and leading 110 volunteers in picking up more than 400 bags of trash from along ND Hwy 22 near Dickinson. “We ask all of our employees to volunteer to help with these clean-up days,” Kovacevich said. “We want to keep our roads and communities litter-free just like everyone else. These are our communities, too.” In April, Power Fuels participated in a community-led pick-up day in McKenzie County that included prizes to the team with the most trash collected. Power Fuels’ 15-person team won by picking up 177 bags of trash. “We appreciate the leadership and efforts of all the Enbridge volunteers help clean up near Berthold, ND, on May 11. Whiting Petroleum has held five different clean-up days with six of their service companies. More than 430 employees have covered more than 50 miles of roadways near the Belfield (pictured above), Robinson Lake, Beach, New Town and Stanley areas.
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The August 2012 issue of Oil & Gas Tidbits introduces us to a new program started by the Oil Can! program to help communities tackle litter and inspire a no-litter culture.
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VOLUME VI ISSUE II AUGUST 2012
Oil&GasTIDBITSWe Keep North Dakota Going Strong
N O R T H D A K O T A
C O U N C I LPETROLEUM
N D o i l a n d g a s i n d u s t r y h e l p s P i c k U p t h e P a t c h !
Whats new online? The newest North Dakota Oil Can! ad is out! Check it out at www.northdakotaoilcan.com.
To learn more about the North Dakota oil and gas industry, visit www.northdakotaoilcan.com
Activity in the Bakken has brought with it many positive things more opportunities, more businesses and more people. But along with these positives has come one negative: an increase in trash. To address the growing concern over littering and trash accumulation in the Oil Patch, the North Dakota Petroleum Council has launched Pick up the Patch!, a new program that encourages the oil industry and communities to work together to create a no litter culture.
Most of the challenges roads and houses for example that western North Dakota are facing take time. Trash is something we feel we can take care of immediately, said Alexis Brinkman, government relations manager for the NDPC.
Since launching in April, more than 70 companies and 700 volunteers have helped clean up highways in and around communities in the patch. This year, Marathon Oil, headquartered in Dickinson, helped kick off the Petroleum Councils Pick up the Patch! initiative earlier this year by teaming up with several local businesses and leading 110 volunteers in picking up more than 400 bags of trash from along ND Hwy 22 near Dickinson.
We ask all of our employees to volunteer to help with these clean-up days, Kovacevich said. We want to keep
our roads and communities litter-free just like everyone else. These are our communities, too.
In April, Power Fuels participated in a community-led pick-up day in McKenzie County that included prizes to the team with the most trash collected. Power Fuels 15-person team won by picking up 177 bags of trash.
We appreciate the leadership and efforts of all the
Enbridge volunteers help clean up near Berthold, ND, on May 11.
Whiting Petroleum has held five different clean-up days with six of their service companies. More than 430 employees have covered more than 50 miles of roadways near the Belfield (pictured above), Robinson Lake, Beach, New Town and Stanley areas.
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companies that have participated so far, said Ron Ness, president of NDPC. We are seeing a tremendous effort by industry to make a difference on this issue.
P l a n n i n g f o r l o n g - t e r m p r e v e n t i o n
In addition to cleaning up highways and communities, several companies are also being proactive in preventing littering. SM Energy has created a program that will keep a trash bin with each drilling rig and on each location until all major activities are complete. Each area will be inspected for trash regularly, and a roustabout crew will
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T a l l i e s & T a b u l a t i o n sSince Pick up the Patch! launched in mid-April:
More than 800 bags of trash have been picked up;
More than 700 volunteers and 70 companies have participated;
More than 125 miles of roadways have been covered.
And, these numbers are increasing with companies continued efforts and dedication to keeping our roadways clean!
perform area trash sweeps during transition phases. Other companies, like Baranko Brothers, are incorporating trash clean-up messages and training into their daily safety meetings.
Our companies have been incredibly responsive, Brinkman said. Both immediate clean-up efforts and long term prevention plans are being implemented. Its exactly what wed hoped for.
Pick up the Patch! is a permanent Oil Can! program to help combat litter in the Oil Patch communities. There are already several industry-led clean-up events scheduled as a result of the campaign, and several more will be added in the coming months. According to Brinkman, the program is already very popular throughout the NDPC member companies.
For more information, visit www.ndoil.org or www.northdakotaoilcan.com.
We want to keep our roads and communities litter-free just like everyone else. These are our communities, too.
