Free Food. Live Music. Great Fun!

The Bakken Rocks CookFest offers residents the opportunity to get out and learn more about the oil and gas industry, hear from industry experts, meet the employees of companies working in their area, and best of all, eat some of the best BBQ available in western North Dakota. With games and activities for kids, swag and giveaways, and live music, this free event is fun for the whole family.

Schedule of Events

2-4 p.m.: Bakken Basics Education Session
Welcome - Ron Ness, North Dakota Petroleum Council
Bakken Outlook and Regulatory Update - Lynn Helms, North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources
Transporting Bakken Crude - Justin Kringstad, North Dakota Pipeline Authority
Drilling, Geology, and Energy of the Future - Kathy Neset, Neset Consulting Services
Bakken Update - Martin Stuart, Marathon Oil

4-7 p.m.: BBQ by Bakken Companies

Live Music by The Band NOVA (presented by Crude Processing International) on the Benz Oil Co. Stage

Games & Activities for Kids, and more!

Who's Cooking
Oil and Gas Companies will be competing for your vote for People's Choice Cook Team. You can expect everything from street tacos to brisket to burgers and so much more! And best of all, it's all free!

Our cookers include:

Balon Valves – ONEOK
Bell Supply
Benz Oil Co Inc.
Chord Energy
ConocoPhillips
Continental Resources
Devon Energy
Enerplus
GO Wireline
Grayson Mill Energy – WellPro
Hess Services, Inc.
Marathon Oil – Halliburton
MineralTracker
Nabors
Novaspect Inc.
Is your company interested in cooking? Contact Tessa Sandstrom at 701-557-3972 or [email protected].

Date: July 18, 2023

Time: 2:00pm to 7:00pm

Location:
High Plains Cultural Center,
470 5th Avenue SouthWest,
Killdeer, ND 58640.

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