The online registration for the 2010 Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and Expo is now closed. Walk-up registrations will be taken on-site starting at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 2. Anyone attending the Conference and Expo must be registered.

Bakken and Beyond!

Join us for the 18th Williston Basin Petroleum Conference & Expo May 2 - 4, 2010 in Bismarck, North Dakota. With oil and gas activities reaching a feverish pitch in the Williston Basin, we are expecting around 2,000 people at this year's Conference.

Welcome from the Conference Hosts
North Dakota Petroleum Council, the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources will be your conference hosts. We look forward to hosting this 18th international conference in the Williston Basin and hope to bring you the best event possible. Please contact us with any suggestions or comments on the conference.

Who Should Attend?
Anyone with an interest in the oil and gas business in the Williston Basin should attend. Due to the high attendance at the Conference in Minot in 2008 (1,400 attendees), the Conference events have been moved to the Bismarck, ND, Civic Center. This facility is large enough to accommodate everyone who wants to attend the Conference in 2010.

Topics:
Technical presentations will be the highlight of the Conference, as industry experts from across North America cover all the “Hot Plays” in the Williston Basin including the Bakken, Three Forks, and Lodgepole, along with talks on deep and shallow gas plays and CO₂-EOR opportunities in the Basin. In addition, crude oil transportation issues and a panel on Bakken fracture stimulation techniques will be of great interest to attendees. Keynote speakers include North Dakota Governor John Hoeven, Clarence Cazalot of Marathon Oil Company, and Jim Volker of Whiting Oil and Gas.

Sponsorships:
This year we are offering a number of sponsorship opportunities. Visit the sponsorship section for more information. Those who decide to sponsor after April 5 will not be included in the Conference booklet.

Media:
Members of the media who plan to cover the conference must register as "Media" using a special code. Please e-mail info@ndoil.org to request the code. Once your press credentials have been received, a staff member of Liffrig Communications will contact you with conference information.

See you in May:
We hope to see you in Bismarck, North Dakota. The good times are back! This is your industry. Be part of the fun and see what is in store for the "Bakken and Beyond!" Please contact us with any questions.

Revenues from the 2010 Williston Basin Petroleum Conference have been designated for the following: Hosting the 2011 Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission conference in Bismarck, North Dakota for the first time since 1991 Contributions to the North Dakota oil history exhibits at the North Dakota Heritage Center Support for the North Dakota Petroleum Council Scholarship Fund Funding for the 2010 Petroleum Industry Economic Impact Study

2010 Registrant Tips & Tricks:

• Suggested attire for the conference:
• Sunday – casual – blue jeans/shorts/polo
• Monday/Tuesday – business attire, company logo attire for exhibitors
• The Sunday Night Ice Breaker Social begins at 5:30 p.m. Don’t miss the Halliburton BBQ on Sunday night.
• Conference registration and all events, other than the Monday night Oil PAC Social at the Ramkota Hotel, will be held at the Bismarck Civic Center.
• All times are central daylight times.
• Shuttle buses will be running from select conference hotels Sunday and throughout the conference. A shuttle bus schedule will be posted at the hotels and in the conference booklet.
• Monday night, after 8:00 p.m., there will be shuttle buses to the select conference hotels from the Ramkota Hotel.
• Due to recent changes, please check the latest version of the conference agenda on the website.
• What’s the forecast? Who knows! Bring a jacket… this is North Dakota!
• The presenters’ PowerPoints and audio from recorded sessions will be posted on www.ndoil.org two weeks after the conference.
• We have a big, hot breakfast buffet Monday and Tuesday morning.
• An electronic survey will be sent to you a couple days after the conference ends. We value your input in order to make improvements.
• Thanks again to the conference sponsors.
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