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00:00Right here, this is what I call the Bakken Drag Race.
00:07It's just like, the light turns green, you start seeing all these plungers stroking,
00:11and all these trucks gearing up for all this race.
00:14Yeah, man.
00:16I get a rush off of it.
00:18I love it.
00:19The drag race is fracking.
00:21Without it, the Bakken boom wouldn't exist.
00:24With it, this remote region is producing over one million barrels of oil a day.
00:29Liberty Oilfield Services has been hired to frack these two wells outside of Williston, North Dakota.
00:36Fracking is about to begin.
00:39The Bakken oilfield boom is huge.
00:44This is leaps and bounds for testing myself.
00:46It's like the Wild West.
00:47It's more expensive than New York.
00:49It's almost $3,000 a month.
00:51Challenges abound for those who've sought their fortunes from the Bakken's black gold.
00:56There's lots of difficulties owning your own business, especially in the oil industry.
00:59They said no to the loan.
01:00I'd be lying if I said that everything was just peachy.
01:032,000 spills reported. We don't know how many were not reported.
01:06I just went from four welders and four helpers to 16, basically overnight.
01:11The rewards from this historic boom don't come easy.
01:14Don't come easy.
01:15I went in there, I got all of this s**t, put it right here, just in a big pile.
01:18Goddamn!
01:19That's bad stuff right there.
01:21These are the men and women who have answered history's call.
01:25These are the Boomtowners.
01:28COMPLESstart
01:34They all have its resonance.
01:37I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my, I'm gonna break my rusty clue.
01:45Here is the party to take the summer.
01:51the Liberty team assembled an 800-ton jungle of pipes, pumps, and tanks.
01:57Now they're back to fire the whole thing up.
02:00In the command center, crew leader Justin Allen takes the helm,
02:04ready to frack the first of 70 stages on these two wells.
02:08All right, Adam, you're good.
02:10Zeroes both sides, zeroes all around the board.
02:13Ready to spin it open?
02:14The computer readouts in the command center
02:16will be the team's only window into what's happening miles under the ground.
02:21All right, Adam, spin it open.
02:24All right, Rocky, let's do this nice and easy, man.
02:28I'm going to jockey around some rain, guys.
02:29We're going to get out of it, Adam.
02:30The green light is given.
02:32The engines rev up.
02:34Coming to life. I love it.
02:35And the frack fluid, or slurry, starts to flow.
02:39All right, give me 20 barrels a minute, 20 barrels a minute.
02:41At varying rates of pressure, or barrels per minute,
02:44the fluid is pumped deep into the oil-rich rock formation below.
02:49The goal is to create enough pressure underground
02:52that the formation literally fractures apart,
02:55offering access to rich pockets of oil.
02:58Hey, Rocky, give me 30 barrels a minute.
03:00Please, 30 barrels a minute.
03:01It's got 8,200 pounds on it, about 48 barrels a minute.
03:06As the fluid pressure rises,
03:08it becomes clear the formation is not opening up.
03:11Justin raises the barrel count to compensate.
03:14All right, Rocky, give me 55 barrels a minute, 55.
03:18We're losing that pin four.
03:19We just want to know where to go to the other one.
03:20But as they add pressure,
03:22one of their pumps starts to fail.
03:25What do you think?
03:27Oh, shit.
03:28What do you think, Shrek?
03:29Be careful with that, buddy.
03:30Be careful.
03:31Get a little bit of passion on that mother
03:32pulling it like that.
03:34It's done, dude.
03:36It's clear something's not right,
03:38and Justin's not taking any chances.
03:40I'm going to start walking that hopper down for me.
03:43He shuts down the stage.
03:45Uh, that went not as planned at all.
03:49It wasn't taking it.
03:50It wasn't opening up.
03:51It wasn't taking it all.
03:53Justin needs to find out what went wrong and why.
03:57With all the money that's been invested up top
03:59and all the oil still locked below,
04:02there's simply too much at stake for this frack to fail.
04:13Hold on, okay?
04:17Let's go for a ride.
04:1824-year-old Haley Mintz
04:20and one-year-old Oakley
04:22are preparing to hit the road.
04:24Go, go ahead.
04:26Oh!
04:27Haley is a former basketball star
04:30who answered the call of the boon.
04:32She and her fiancé purchased an 18-wheeler
04:35and quickly found themselves
04:37with a successful trucking business
04:39hauling pipe for oil wells.
04:42You're not going back to bed.
04:44Watch me.
04:45Chris?
04:47Have a good day at work.
04:49A lot of people were shocked
04:50that me and Larissa were together
04:51and then it kind of just steamed out
04:55and it was done and over with.
04:56I don't think it really phases anyone.
04:58I think it's just normal
05:00when people see,
05:01oh, that's Haley and Larissa.
05:03Give me a kiss.
05:05Love you.
05:05Love you too.
05:06They both grew up in the Bakken
05:08but only met two years ago.
05:11Larissa oversees the company's finances
05:13and Haley's well-being.
05:15No, if it wasn't for Larissa,
05:18I'd be way out of whack.
05:20She makes me go to the doctor
05:21and take care of myself.
05:23I have a, it's called a manic bipolar,
05:26so I was just all over the place,
05:28like a roller coaster.
05:30Larissa's like,
05:30you need to go get this taken care of
05:32before you crash
05:33and it's not going to end well.
05:35No.
05:36A year ago,
05:38Haley was banned
05:38from her favorite bar for fighting.
05:41And I walked out,
05:42went to go get him
05:43and he like grabbed me by my shirt
05:44and threw me down into the snow.
05:45I was like,
05:45you fuck sucker.
05:46It's like,
05:47boom, boom.
05:48It's like crack.
05:48Blood, blood, blood.
05:51Since then,
05:52Larissa has been a stabilizing influence.
05:55You talk to any of my friends
05:56and they're like,
05:58Larissa was the best thing
05:59that has ever happened to you.
06:02In a boom that's produced
06:04over 200,000 new jobs,
06:06Haley and Larissa's story
06:08isn't unique.
06:09In their early 20s,
06:11they already own a house,
06:13two cars,
06:14an RV,
06:14and a boat.
06:16But it's far from smooth sailing.
06:19Recently,
06:20a client went belly up,
06:22owing the young entrepreneurs
06:23$50,000.
06:25Suddenly,
06:26their new company
06:27plunged into the red.
06:29Losing money like that
06:31takes a toll on a person.
06:32I didn't know what to do.
06:34Larissa was my rock
06:35because I was falling apart.
06:37Next year,
06:38we want to start a family.
06:40I've always wanted kids.
06:42Just got to wait
06:44until a person's financially stable
06:45and I can't wait
06:48to like,
06:49just snuggle
06:50and buy bomb-ass baby clothes.
06:54My baby's going to have
06:55like the best clothes
06:56in the world.
06:59Because of the boom,
07:01sky's the limit for us,
07:02really.
07:03Whatever you want,
07:04it's at your grasp.
07:05It's just how hard
07:05do you want to work?
07:06How hard do you want it?
07:10So this is going to be
07:10like a normal work day.
07:12Y'all got to do everything.
07:14The HLD services crew
07:16of welders
07:16are on location
07:17in Sydney, Montana.
07:19Drawn here
07:20from all corners
07:21of the country,
07:22this band of misfits
07:24relies on a healthy dose
07:25of camaraderie
07:26to keep their morale high.
07:29Got everybody here
07:30at the shop on Monday
07:31to bang some stuff out.
07:33That way,
07:34we've got 90%,
07:35well, not 90%,
07:37about 50% of the wells
07:38that we can make done.
07:40All right, fellas,
07:40I appreciate y'all
07:41coming into the shop today.
07:42I know how much
07:43we love Sydney.
07:44Can we get an hour
07:45of lunch today
07:45so we can go in
07:46to the restaurant?
07:46Holy mother-
07:47That's exactly
07:48what I was saying
07:50about working in town.
07:51Dan Dooley
07:52is the head welder
07:53at HLD services
07:54and Ray-Ray Freeman
07:56has been his right-hand man
07:57for the past 10 years.
07:59I'd like to say
08:00I'm his protege,
08:01but not so much
08:02because he's a lot lazier.
08:03You ain't gonna
08:03crush yourself.
08:05I'm busy right now,
08:06mother****.
08:07Did you take
08:08your ginkgo biloba,
08:09your old folk medicine?
08:10Hey,
08:12I got to do your job
08:13all day
08:13or are you gonna
08:14talk s***
08:14just early in the morning?
08:15You ain't gonna
08:15be able to handle it.
08:16I'm gonna be funny
08:16when I get your ass
08:17whipped by an old man.
08:18I'd like to see that.
08:19I'd pay to see that.
08:20How you reckon?
08:20God damn it's a mug
08:22bubble, Ray-Ray.
08:23You told me to park
08:23right there.
08:24I'm originally
08:24from New Mexico.
08:26I come up here,
08:27better money's up here,
08:28you get the boom,
08:29a lot of work.
08:31Welding back home
08:32and welding up here
08:32is two different worlds.
08:34Up here,
08:34everything's turned
08:35into the new age,
08:36which I mean,
08:37it's progression,
08:38it's supposed to happen.
08:39It's just hard
08:40to adjust for somebody
08:41that's done it old school
08:43coming to new school.
08:45From rigs
08:46to tanks
08:47to pipelines,
08:48there's a lot
08:48of steel in the Bakken,
08:50creating a lot
08:51of opportunities
08:52for welding companies
08:53like HLD.
08:55He's not happy
08:55being a welder.
08:56He wants to tell welders
08:57what to do.
08:58Are we ready?
08:59Fire that bitch up.
09:03I told him,
09:04I was like,
09:04look man,
09:05you're still one
09:05of the best welders
09:06I've ever met in my life,
09:07but if it was up to me,
09:08you wouldn't work for me.
09:09You're never on time,
09:10you miss too many days,
09:12and you always leave early.
09:14He's a good guy.
09:15He takes care
09:16of the people
09:16that take care of him.
09:18These are guys
09:18that you can depend on
09:20no matter what,
09:21outside of work,
09:22inside of work,
09:23they'll do whatever
09:24needs to be done
09:25to help the company.
09:27I'd swim the rivers
09:28of hell for them.
09:30Dooley only has one boss,
09:32the company owner.
09:34Liven up, boys.
09:36Hannah is just 24 years old
09:39and a native
09:39of Sydney, Montana.
09:41See that girl right there?
09:42See that little blonde
09:43girl right there?
09:43That's my CEO.
09:44Hands down,
09:45best boss I ever worked for.
09:46He looks awful homeless.
09:48When the boom came to town,
09:49she saw it as an opportunity
09:51to change her life.
09:52She launched her own
09:53welding business
09:54and married her head welder.
09:56She's what,
09:575'1", 5'2"?
09:58You guys have never seen her
10:00in a bar KO somebody.
10:01I've seen it more than once.
10:02There's lots of difficulties
10:03owning your own business,
10:04especially in the oil industry,
10:05because it's kind of cutthroat.
10:07People see you're doing well
10:08and then all of a sudden
10:09they want a piece of the pie.
10:11HLD Services' piece
10:14of that pie this year
10:16is expected to top
10:171.5 million.
10:19Hannah is just one small part
10:21of a boom that has seen
10:22the number of North Dakota
10:23millionaires double
10:24in only six years.
10:26But as many of these
10:27new millionaires
10:28are finding out,
10:30staying on that list
10:31is often harder
10:32than getting there.
10:33Okay.
10:41Vamanos,
10:42mother...
10:42out of the...
10:43My name's Tony Miller,
10:4635 years old.
10:48Grew up in Wyoming
10:49and heard about
10:51the oil boom in North Dakota
10:52and here I am.
10:53Didn't think I would be here
10:54as long as I have been.
10:55It's been about three years
10:56I've been here now.
10:57Already a veteran of Boomtown,
11:00Tony refuses to live
11:02like most of his co-workers
11:03in so-called man camps.
11:07Due to the sudden influx
11:08of workers,
11:09these temporary housing complexes
11:11now dot the landscape.
11:14The first year and a half
11:15to two years,
11:16so many people came and went.
11:18Now it seems like
11:19there's more families
11:20that actually have made
11:22this place home
11:22versus just a place to come
11:25and go to work
11:25for a couple months
11:26here and there.
11:27The oil boom
11:28has also created
11:29a housing boom
11:30with six new units
11:32built in Williston,
11:33North Dakota
11:34every day.
11:35But making a home here
11:37costs a fortune.
11:39Williston recently
11:39became the most expensive
11:41place to rent a home
11:42in the U.S.,
11:43topping New York City
11:45by over $800 a month.
11:47We're going to look
11:48at a couple model houses
11:49in a subdivision.
11:51We're just going to go
11:52check it out.
11:54I guess the ultimate goal
11:55is if I'm going to be here
11:56as long as I think
11:57I'm going to be here
11:57just as well,
11:58buy a house instead of
11:59renting a two-bedroom
12:01apartment for $2,900 a month
12:03because it's just
12:03a waste of my money.
12:07Home prices in Williston
12:08have more than tripled
12:09in the last decade.
12:11The bulk of that increase
12:13can be traced
12:13to high boomtown incomes.
12:16Oil industry jobs
12:17easily pay over $100,000
12:19and offer abundant time off.
12:22often up to six months a year.
12:25For those who choose
12:26to put down roots
12:27in the area,
12:28like Tony,
12:29a house is a viable option,
12:31even at inflated prices.
12:33Okay, we're looking for
12:34a subdivision
12:36in a field
12:37with like 100 houses.
12:39They're going to have
12:39to pay this mother
12:40for me to drive
12:41my car down.
12:42Okay, we're looking
12:43for a house
12:43with the door open.
12:44Boy, I don't know
12:45about this place.
12:46It really isn't
12:47all that nice
12:48as far as I'm concerned
12:49for $225,000
12:52in a house.
12:54And to be honest,
12:55it looks like
12:56I'm not impressed.
12:57These days,
13:06when 24-year-old
13:07CEO Hannah Dooley
13:09isn't hanging out
13:10with her welders,
13:11she's busy setting up
13:12her company's
13:13new headquarters.
13:14We are at
13:16the Sydney Cleaners
13:17and Laundry building,
13:18which is not
13:19the Sydney Cleaners
13:20and Laundry anymore.
13:22My sister and I
13:23have just recently bought it.
13:25We just signed the paperwork
13:25like two weeks ago
13:27and we bought it
13:28to split it in half
13:30down the middle.
13:31My half will be offices.
13:33I have a welding business,
13:35HLD Services,
13:36and she's almost done
13:38with her remodel right now
13:39and she's going to have
13:39a dance studio
13:40to go over there.
13:41One section here
13:42and then one section
13:43on that side
13:43of the pillars.
13:45In the early days
13:46of the boom,
13:47migration to the region
13:48was made up
13:49almost entirely of men.
13:52Now, with whole families
13:53arriving,
13:53Hannah's sister Jen
13:55believes the time
13:56has come for a business
13:58that will appeal
13:58to the women
13:59and young ladies
14:00of the region.
14:01And now with all
14:02the new people coming in
14:03because of the oil
14:04and all the opportunities here,
14:05I'm getting all kinds
14:06of new dancers
14:07who have experience
14:08elsewhere.
14:09Like Hannah,
14:10Jen is also about
14:11to marry an out-of-town
14:13welder
14:13and it happens
14:14to be Dooley's
14:15best friend, John.
14:17Their wedding
14:17is less than a week away,
14:19right after the grand opening
14:20of the Bakken's
14:21newest dance studio.
14:23It was really silly
14:24of me to plan this
14:25so the remodel,
14:27the workshop,
14:28and the wedding
14:28all being done
14:29in two weeks.
14:31This is easily
14:31the biggest,
14:32most stressful month
14:33of my life.
14:34In a place
14:35where laborers
14:35are at a premium,
14:37building contractors
14:38are no exception
14:39and Jen's been
14:41having trouble
14:41with hers.
14:43The building's
14:43really old
14:44so there's been
14:44a few things
14:45that he's run into,
14:46some problems.
14:47In 36 hours,
14:49there's going to be
14:49about 150 people
14:51here for a workshop
14:51and this is
14:52what it looks like.
14:59Motherf***er.
15:04Oh, you bastard.
15:09Oh, you motherf***er.
15:10People aren't f***ing
15:12idiots and do their job, right?
15:14Haley's hauling pipe
15:15for a rig
15:16near Watford City,
15:1855 miles east of Sydney.
15:20It's the first day
15:21of work she's had
15:22all week.
15:24In a good month,
15:25Haley Mint can generate
15:26$30,000 with her truck,
15:29an income that would be
15:30almost impossible
15:31for a rig
15:32outside of oil country.
15:33These chains
15:34are for belly wraps.
15:36Once the pipe
15:37gets loaded,
15:38you pull them out
15:39and you throw it over
15:41and you throw
15:41the other side over
15:42and then you boom
15:43them down.
15:44The potential
15:45for high profits
15:46in the boom
15:47also brings high risks.
15:50Recently,
15:50a major client
15:51filed for bankruptcy,
15:53plunging Haley
15:54and Larissa
15:54into a financial crisis
15:56just as they were
15:57planning to start
15:58a family.
16:00With barely enough
16:01overhead to keep
16:02their truck running,
16:02the couple is desperate
16:04for some breathing room.
16:07So if you have
16:07a good credit score
16:08but you were having
16:09a hard time
16:10proving your income,
16:11what I can do
16:12is a soft poll
16:13in your credit history.
16:14Yeah, because they
16:14just pulled my credit
16:15yesterday.
16:16Did they tell you
16:17what your score was?
16:18Yeah, it's a 475.
16:21475?
16:23Okay.
16:24You need to be
16:24in the 500s
16:25to get approved.
16:26If you want me
16:26to look at it,
16:27I can,
16:27but I can tell you
16:28right now,
16:29it's a team experience,
16:30it's pretty hard
16:31to find a lender
16:31that will work
16:32with someone
16:32and that's not
16:33at least in the 500.
16:34Yeah, okay.
16:36Life lessons
16:37can be hard
16:38in the Bakken,
16:39especially for young
16:40people trying
16:41to find their way.
16:44Hello?
16:46Hey.
16:46Hey.
16:47What's up?
16:49Just strapping
16:50down my load
16:51right now.
16:52They said no
16:53to the loan.
16:55Do you want me
16:56to try?
16:57You could.
16:58I don't know
16:58what your credit's
16:59sitting at.
17:00Well, it's more
17:01than 500.
17:02It's not unusual
17:03for a trucking company
17:05in the Bakken
17:05to double its profits
17:06in a single year,
17:08then double them
17:09again the next.
17:11But that type of boom
17:12can also go bust
17:13in a hurry.
17:15The trucking business,
17:16it's a risk
17:16all in itself.
17:19Tomorrow,
17:19we could have nothing
17:20or we could be
17:22sitting on,
17:23you know,
17:23$100,000.
17:25You just never know.
17:27Work, work, work, work.
17:29That's what I need to do
17:30to set us up
17:32for the success
17:33that we want.
17:34So...
17:39The capital
17:40of North Dakota
17:41lies along
17:42the Missouri River.
17:44It's not in the oil patch,
17:46but it is essential
17:47to it.
17:48If you have a map
17:50of North Dakota,
17:51Bismarck's right here.
17:52They're in the middle
17:53of the state.
17:53The oil patch
17:54is pretty much right here.
17:56It's also the home
17:57to Jim Fugley,
17:58the former state director
18:00of tourism,
18:01now turned conservationist
18:02and blogger.
18:03I can't deal
18:04with the social problems,
18:05the crime
18:06and the prostitution
18:07and the lack of housing
18:09and the traffic accidents
18:11and the inadequate highways.
18:12I can't deal
18:12with all that.
18:13What I can talk about
18:14is what I believe in,
18:15and that is the sanctity
18:16of the land.
18:17Jim's worked
18:18in state government,
18:19and he knows
18:19the whole world's
18:20watching how North Dakota
18:22is handling
18:22this unprecedented oil boom.
18:25North Dakota's
18:26in the news a lot
18:27right now.
18:28Unfortunately,
18:29we're in the news
18:30because oil trains explode
18:32and pipelines leak
18:33and tank batteries
18:34catch on fire,
18:35and that's the kind
18:36of news we would
18:36not like to have.
18:39Good girl.
18:40Come on.
18:41In retirement,
18:42Jim writes an online newsletter
18:44called The Prairie Blog.
18:46I've got a couple
18:46things to write
18:47and I'm going to go
18:47to the Capitol.
18:48Okay.
18:49In it,
18:50he demands the industry
18:51be held accountable
18:52for its spills,
18:53accidents,
18:53and fires.
18:55He blames state government
18:57for its lack of oversight.
18:59The industry came here
19:00and the politicians
19:01opened the doors wide open
19:03and said,
19:03come on in
19:04and you just make us rich.
19:06And that's what's happened,
19:07of course,
19:07is that the oil industry
19:08is making North Dakota rich.
19:10But there's so much danger
19:11here that we'll do it wrong,
19:13that we'll screw up the land.
19:14That's what we're trying
19:15to avoid.
19:16Jim's blog is a must read
19:18in the halls of power
19:19and where he's made more
19:20than a few enemies.
19:23The industry
19:24and the officials
19:25pay attention to it
19:26because he's kind of
19:27their conscience.
19:29They know if they go too far,
19:31he jumps pretty hard on them.
19:32Jim's first rule
19:33when reporting on the link
19:35between elected officials
19:36and powerful private interest
19:38is simple.
19:39Follow the money.
19:40Normally,
19:41in North Dakota politics,
19:43your money comes in
19:44$10 and $20
19:45and $100 checks.
19:46Not now.
19:47Now it's big checks
19:48up to $20,000.
19:51It takes willing politicians
19:52to have an oil boom.
19:59After a troublesome
20:00first frack of the day,
20:02Justin Allen and his team
20:04are still trying to get
20:05to the bottom
20:05of their equipment problem.
20:08Fracturing the hard
20:09oil-rich formation
20:10two miles beneath them
20:11is a feat
20:12which requires
20:13several successful
20:14frack stages a day.
20:16And if Justin can't figure out
20:17what went wrong
20:18during stage one,
20:19the team won't be able
20:21to move on.
20:22All these pumps right here,
20:24these fluid ends,
20:25are meant to be taken apart
20:27as serviced.
20:28While checking
20:29the frack pumps,
20:30Justin discovers
20:31the source of the problem.
20:33Nearly all his valves
20:34have been damaged
20:35by something
20:36in the water supply.
20:38This is a valve, right?
20:39This is what actually pumps.
20:40They're sitting in these pods
20:42in the spring
20:43and the keeper in there
20:44and they're going.
20:44This is what's pumping
20:45right here.
20:46Normally they don't look
20:47like this,
20:48but we're having issues
20:49with our water source
20:50and rocks getting
20:51into our water source.
20:52This valve was pretty much
20:54new when it went in.
20:55It ain't new
20:56after one stage now.
20:57On this one, yeah,
20:58we're gonna replace it all.
20:59Oh, that's bad stuff
21:01right there.
21:02I'm gonna send an email.
21:03This is,
21:03that's out of control.
21:04It shouldn't look like that.
21:06That rock hits it
21:07every time it goes up
21:08and down on that spring.
21:09It just starts chewing them up
21:11and then you can't hold
21:11a good pressure
21:12and a good suction on it.
21:14So the water just goes
21:15right through it
21:15and it causes air,
21:16which in turn will cause
21:17cavitation of our fluid ends,
21:20which will crack our fluid ends.
21:21We don't want none of that.
21:23A lot of money.
21:24Rocks in the water supply
21:25is a rare problem
21:27on frack sites.
21:28And if not checked,
21:29could become a big one.
21:32While Justin waits
21:33for the valves to be replaced,
21:35he checks in
21:36with the rest of his team.
21:37These guys work
21:38in tandem together
21:39to keep each other safe.
21:41Some of these chemicals
21:42can be nasty.
21:43A key ingredient
21:45in the frack mix
21:46or slurry is proppent.
21:47Right here,
21:48this is what we refer to
21:50as proppent.
21:51If you look at my hand,
21:52this isn't sand though.
21:54Sand flakes on top
21:55of each other like this
21:56pretty much, right?
21:57This is basically
21:57synthetic.
21:58If you look at this right here,
22:00each one of these pieces
22:01is exactly round.
22:03This propp's fracture's open.
22:05This is what we're pumping
22:06down whole in our fluid.
22:07Think of it this way.
22:09You take a bunch of marbles,
22:11you put them in a jar.
22:13Each one's perfectly round.
22:14You then take a cup of water,
22:16you pour it on top of that,
22:18the water can still find its way
22:19around the marbles
22:20unless it's buried behind the well.
22:22Getting proppent down the well
22:23is one of the keys
22:24to a successful frack.
22:26A task made all the more difficult
22:28given the team's current water supply
22:30and pump issues.
22:32It's starting to look unlikely
22:33that they'll meet their daily goal.
22:36But Travis refuses
22:37to accept anything but success.
22:40Goal's four stages,
22:41and of course we're going to reach it.
22:42For every oil well,
22:50fracking requires over
22:51two million gallons of water
22:53injected deep into the earth.
22:55The wastewater that comes back up
22:57is a combination of brine,
22:59chemicals, and residual oil.
23:02It is disposed of miles underground,
23:04pumped deep into containment sites
23:06in the shale formation.
23:10Jerry Knowles is an entrepreneur
23:12from Oklahoma
23:13who sees opportunity
23:14where others see waste.
23:17Instead of burying the wastewater,
23:19he wants to recycle it.
23:21We can take that water,
23:22we can process it,
23:23we can clean it,
23:24and we can repurpose the water.
23:27Today, Jerry is showing the process
23:29to Mike Stevenson,
23:30the manager of this disposal site.
23:32Yeah, we'll go ahead and get started.
23:34Mike, if you do me a favor,
23:35go ahead and throw that switch right there
23:37that says slurry pump.
23:39It's a relatively simple process.
23:43A vacuum pulls wastewater
23:44through the chemically charged filter
23:46and removes iron sulfite,
23:49bacteria,
23:49and other impurities
23:51that have come up from the ground.
23:52This is the actual material
23:54that's being filtered out
23:55of the water itself.
23:57This is what's in your water,
23:59the dirty part of your water.
24:00You want to grab me a sample quick?
24:05Pretty stark contrast
24:07between before and after.
24:09Yes, it is.
24:11That was awful murky,
24:12and that looks like Tennessee boom chide.
24:16You don't want to drink it.
24:18Bakken water is very salty.
24:21But after Coilchem's treatment,
24:23this water can be reused in fracks,
24:25and research is underway
24:27for other uses of this valuable resource.
24:30Literally, we're pumping millions of barrels
24:32into the ground every day
24:33of water all over the U.S.
24:36We've got areas of the nation
24:37that have water shortages.
24:39Entire towns and cities are out of water.
24:41We can't exist without it.
24:43Well, would you look at that?
24:53They even did the landscaping.
24:55How pretty.
24:56Tony Miller is checking out
24:58a housing development
24:59that was not here just two years ago.
25:02Hey, Tony. How are you doing?
25:03Very good. How are you?
25:04Yeah, come on.
25:04Nice to meet you.
25:05Nice to meet you.
25:06My name's Monette Diaz.
25:07I've been here for five months.
25:09I've never seen anything like North Dakota
25:11in my life.
25:12Are you bringing your family out here?
25:14No family.
25:15No family. Okay.
25:16So Tony is a little bit different
25:17because most of the guys live in man camps,
25:19but he wants something more.
25:21He wants something better,
25:22and he's going to invest in a home.
25:25You have two smaller rooms and a bathroom.
25:28It's about the smallest bedroom
25:29I've ever seen in my life.
25:31The cheap laminate floors
25:32and the cheap countertops,
25:34not a huge fan.
25:35Okay, let's go to the next house.
25:38Becoming a homeowner
25:39would represent a big shift in lifestyle
25:42for boomtowner Tony Miller,
25:44who just last year still lived
25:46in one of the many frat house-style rental units
25:49that have sprung up throughout the region.
25:51His name's Dave.
25:52This is my roommate.
25:53We just got new blinds,
25:54so admire.
25:56This is $2,500 a month.
25:58This is our AC unit.
26:00Pretty nice.
26:01There's only one way
26:02to get the couches in here,
26:03so that's where that hole came from.
26:05If Tony can find a house he likes,
26:08he may finally decide
26:09to put down roots in the bargain.
26:13This is my favorite part
26:14in the construction zone,
26:15finding the best way to get through.
26:18Without falling.
26:21They have the stainless steel appliances.
26:24They've done some different options.
26:26The first model,
26:27the price is like $2.17.
26:29It starts at $2.17.
26:30This one starts at about $2.28.
26:34Okay.
26:35I mean, the tub is amazing.
26:38I like this one a lot better.
26:40Yeah.
26:41So how many lots do you guys have left?
26:43How many are going to be available
26:44in the near future?
26:45Okay.
26:46So if it was something
26:46that you wanted to have by the holidays,
26:49you'd want to do it right now
26:51with one of those lots,
26:52because as soon as they come up,
26:53they're gone.
26:53They're gone.
26:54Until housing actually catches up
26:57with the amount of people that live here,
26:59the price is going to be through the roof,
27:01and they're going to be able to charge
27:02pretty much whatever they want.
27:04Awesome.
27:04Okay, well, thank you.
27:05Nice to meet you.
27:06I appreciate it.
27:07We need a copy of that,
27:17and then the original needs to go to Diana.
27:20Haley and Larissa's trucking business is struggling.
27:23Today, the soon-to-be newlyweds
27:25are catching up on paperwork,
27:27paying bills,
27:28and discussing how to survive this rough stretch.
27:31If Diana said that we get all the Kodiak stuff,
27:35and if they don't lose Kodiak,
27:37then we'll be fine.
27:38I thought they were losing them, though.
27:41Because if you're not going to haul pipe,
27:43we're not.
27:44I'd be lying if I said that everything was just peachy.
27:48It's been kind of stressful the past couple of weeks.
27:52Pipe's kind of been at a standstill.
27:54You know, obviously, when the truck's not running,
27:56you exhaust all the funds
27:57that you've actually built up in your account.
27:58When Haley's on the road a lot,
28:02the cash comes pouring in.
28:04But too often lately,
28:05her truck has been sitting idle.
28:08Owning a business, I don't know.
28:09Sometimes I just think,
28:11what the hell did I get myself into?
28:12It's crazy how you can go from
28:14being on cloud nine,
28:17everything's perfect,
28:18money's great,
28:20situation is good,
28:21and then the next week,
28:22it's like, holy s***, we're broke.
28:25You know, if she isn't going to keep you busy,
28:27and basically laid it out on the line for her,
28:30that if we don't work,
28:31we're going to have to go find something else
28:33because we're skimming by.
28:36Wait till you see your fuel bill.
28:38If we could find something else
28:40for Haley to do in the meantime,
28:42when there's not a pipe haul,
28:44then we have something to fall back on.
28:46But right now,
28:47she just sits at home
28:48and waits for a phone call.
28:49Ow!
28:50Today, we just kind of went through
28:55and Monette showed us some of the houses
28:57and different styles
28:58of different floor plans
29:00as far as the houses go
29:01and different prices.
29:02It's not horrible,
29:03like I was saying before.
29:04It would be nice to
29:05see if these people
29:08are really going to start
29:08taking care of her s***.
29:09You know what I mean?
29:11Before he leaves the subdivision,
29:13Tony spots local resident,
29:14Deanna Sr., chasing her dog,
29:16a routine occurrence
29:18for the chaotic senior family.
29:20Where's my dog?
29:21He's over there.
29:23You've already got him
29:24through obedience s***,
29:25I can see.
29:26No!
29:27My name's Tony.
29:28Hi, Tony. I'm Deanna.
29:29Very nice to meet you, Deanna.
29:29Nice to meet you.
29:31Come on. Come on.
29:33Let me see the leash.
29:35Thanks so much for getting my dog.
29:36Oh, you're welcome.
29:38Deanna and her family of six
29:39moved from California
29:41over a year ago
29:42and were among the very first residents
29:44of this particular subdivision.
29:46So, how's it going?
29:48Good, good.
29:48House search?
29:49Yeah.
29:50How do you like living here?
29:52Well, it's been a challenge,
29:54that's for sure.
29:55From the very beginning,
29:56we've had problems.
29:57About, like, the quality of the house,
29:58is there a problem with
29:59flooring, delaminating, or...?
30:01Well, it's not attached to the ground,
30:03so I guess you don't have to worry about that.
30:04They just lay it over on the ground
30:06and set the cabinets on top.
30:08We had to put our own gutters on our house.
30:11It doesn't come with gutters.
30:12It doesn't come with central air.
30:14That's not even the worst of it.
30:15I mean, our basement leaked.
30:17We had to re-insulate it.
30:19You guys had to physically pay for that?
30:21Mm-hmm.
30:21How come you can't
30:23fucking charge them for it?
30:24It's really, really been frustrating.
30:26Sounds like it might be on
30:27to the next place then.
30:29I would definitely look around.
30:31And if you talk to any one of the neighbors
30:33across the board,
30:34you hear the same thing.
30:35They say the same thing?
30:36Yeah, coincidence that I ran into this lady.
30:38Um, she was, uh, more than helpful
30:41on giving me information.
30:43Said that people didn't follow through,
30:44and maybe that's why a lot of these places
30:45kind of look like shit.
30:46Yeah, I don't think buying here
30:47is really gonna be that good of an idea,
30:49to be quite honest with you.
30:50It's just thrown my money away.
30:51Back in Sydney,
30:56at HLD Services Corporate Headquarters,
30:59business is booming.
31:01Each week brings more work
31:02and more new employees.
31:05So we'll start with payroll.
31:07We'll get everyone's hours together,
31:08and then we'll start invoicing.
31:09Okay.
31:09The shale revolution in the U.S.
31:12has created over 2.1 million jobs,
31:15and not all of them are in the oil fields.
31:18I was working on training.
31:19My new girl,
31:20she came out from Louisiana
31:22to come here to work for me
31:23because I just went from
31:26four welders and four helpers to 16,
31:28basically overnight.
31:30Born and bred in the Bakken,
31:32locals like Hannah and her sister Jen
31:34have used the boom to change their lives.
31:37I never in a million years
31:39thought I'd have my own business.
31:42Meanwhile, Jen is still having problems
31:44with her contractor.
31:45Her new dance studio opens tomorrow.
31:48Okay, let's go down to like 36,
31:51and then it will be at 38.
31:52Oh, no, no.
31:54I'm not satisfied
31:55with what's happening so far.
31:57I wanted it to be done a long time ago,
31:59and I really try to give everybody
32:00the benefit of the doubt,
32:02but I can't help but be really frustrated.
32:04I just want it to be done,
32:05even if it's a s*** job.
32:07With time running out,
32:09and no options for a replacement contractor,
32:12Jen will have to improvise.
32:14I feel like I'm always responsible
32:16and timely and prompt,
32:18and everything I do gets done
32:20when it's supposed to,
32:21so this is new, foreign to me,
32:23and very frustrating.
32:26She decides to enlist the help
32:27of her mom and grandmother.
32:29All three generations
32:31will have to work through the night
32:32to ensure the grand opening
32:34goes off without a hitch.
32:38Yesterday, I wanted to throat punch someone,
32:40but today's better.
32:43I can see progress today.
32:45Maybe if I just had pliers,
32:46I could just...
32:47I'll get pliers.
32:48There's only one stage on
32:56that should last much longer than that.
32:57Yeah, it shouldn't look like that.
33:00Back at the frag site,
33:01the Liberty crew is still struggling
33:03with their equipment problems.
33:05Rocks in the water supply
33:06have been chewing up their pump pistons,
33:08but crew leader Justin Allen
33:10and his team have come up
33:12with a surprisingly simple solution.
33:14They've inserted thin mesh screens
33:16into the water lines
33:17to keep the loose rocks
33:18away from their pumps.
33:20I need four stages in today, guys.
33:22Let's go.
33:22Ten, four.
33:24Service is open.
33:25Today, client rep Danielle Beavers
33:27is looking on,
33:28so Justin and fellow crew leader
33:30Travis Bostic are eager
33:32to make up for their slow start.
33:34Their goal is to have
33:36this final stage of the day
33:37reach 70 barrels per minute.
33:40Your blue line right here
33:41is your rate,
33:41and that's why when he's saying
33:44drop the barrel, add a barrel,
33:45he's talking to the guy
33:46that's running the pumps.
33:47At 70 barrels a minute,
33:49the hydraulic pressure underground
33:51becomes so intense
33:52that larger and deeper fractures
33:54are created,
33:55allowing more oil to flow.
33:57And for Liberty's clients,
33:59more oil is the bottom line.
34:01Man, we're running one.
34:0260 barrels a minute,
34:0483.58 on the line.
34:0618 people,
34:08$32 million worth of equipment,
34:09$16 million oil well.
34:11It's a lot of responsibility,
34:12and I don't think we'd be here
34:14where we're at
34:15if we didn't think
34:15we could handle it.
34:17Can't say it any better.
34:18Yeah.
34:19In a nation where manufacturing
34:21and blue-collar jobs
34:22have almost disappeared,
34:24the boom brings opportunities
34:25that haven't been seen
34:27in decades.
34:28The total economic impact
34:30to North Dakota alone
34:31has been nearly $35 billion.
34:34You guys are still keeping
34:36the hopper at about 80%, right?
34:39Yeah.
34:40Uh, 86, 55 on it right now, guys,
34:43traveling at 69 barrels a minute.
34:46This is where it's at.
34:47You guys are trying to long
34:48at 8,500 pounds on the line,
34:50trying to get to 70 barrels a minute.
34:53Take 70.
34:54It'll give it to you.
34:55Man.
34:56With what I'm doing right now
34:58and the possibilities
35:00that this industry has for me,
35:03there's really no sense in stopping.
35:06Hey, anybody mind speaking
35:07into that blowback tank
35:08and see if that gel in there's broke?
35:11I can handle anything
35:12I put my mind to,
35:13and I tell myself that every day.
35:15This is leaps and bounds
35:16for testing myself,
35:17and I'd like to keep carrying it on
35:19further and further and further.
35:20With the entire frack complex
35:22now running like a well-oiled machine,
35:25Liberty's last stage of the day
35:27easily reaches their goal.
35:30Good, here, uh, 70.
35:32Oh, thank you.
35:33Good job.
35:34It's so much cashless.
35:36I'll get you out right on time.
35:38It's a good frack, guys.
35:40Really good frack.
35:41So, wait, we got pizza
35:43and the Jimmy John's
35:45both coming out.
35:46I'll have a slice of pizza
35:47and a Jimmy John's.
35:49That was a good day.
35:57Back at the subdivision
36:01where Tony was house hunting,
36:03the residents have reached
36:04a breaking point.
36:05I did find out that
36:07there was one lawyer in Minot
36:09that said he would be willing
36:10to take the case,
36:11but he wanted 60 grand up front.
36:13I'm like, well, that's gonna be hard.
36:15Well, that's fine.
36:15He can take his 60 grand,
36:17and he can take it right out
36:18of the contingency fee
36:18that we get when we win.
36:20Today, we've kind of gathered
36:21some of our neighbors together.
36:22There are a lot of us
36:23that don't even know each other.
36:24We haven't met.
36:25Hi, I'm Misty.
36:26Hi, Misty.
36:27Nice to meet you.
36:29We all have problems
36:30with our homes.
36:31It's been a challenge
36:33for all of us.
36:34Like many things Bakken,
36:36the demand for family housing
36:37has vastly outpaced supply.
36:40Prefabricated homes
36:41offer a solution for some,
36:44but for these neighbors,
36:45that solution
36:46has been rife with problems.
36:48The west side is freezing.
36:49It's like an egg load.
36:50They don't have floors
36:51in their house.
36:51It's just plywood.
36:53They don't have floors.
36:54Nope, they have plywood.
36:55Like our pipes
36:56and our bathroom freeze
36:57in the winter.
36:58They're taking advantage
36:58of all of us
36:59because we needed a place like that.
37:00Really, what we're trying
37:01to do is band together
37:02and elect somebody
37:04that maybe is going
37:05to be that spokesperson.
37:06They're going to come home
37:06from the hospital
37:07with a newborn on these roads?
37:09If nobody steps up
37:10to the plate today,
37:11I'm actually going
37:12to be really frustrated.
37:13They knew that you were desperate
37:14and they went,
37:15come on in.
37:16I'd love to take care.
37:17Don't worry.
37:18You can come fix it.
37:19Here's all the information
37:20or we'll just file a lawsuit.
37:22And you know what they do?
37:22They say, well,
37:24if that's what you want to do,
37:25they don't care.
37:26I feel like there's got
37:28to be someone here
37:28that might take the reins.
37:30I don't want to be
37:31in charge of it
37:31because eventually
37:32it'll have to go to the county
37:34and that's where I work.
37:36And I really don't think
37:37it's appropriate
37:38or a good career move.
37:39I'm ready with notes.
37:41Oh, good.
37:42So that we can make a plan.
37:45We have some fact finding
37:46and some information
37:47to compile
37:48because you can't just go
37:49and say, oh, we,
37:50this is our problem.
37:51I need to have
37:52the documentation.
37:53I think the biggest outcome
37:55from this meeting
37:56is that I think
37:57we're going to get
37:58the help that we need.
37:59It's just not going
38:00to be right away.
38:00The North Dakota legislature
38:08meets only once
38:09every two years,
38:11gathering inside
38:12this grand Art Deco edifice.
38:15If that's going to be
38:16a separate bill
38:16with a separate hearing,
38:18that opens up
38:19a whole new ballgame.
38:22Today, blogger Jim Fugli
38:23is joined by four other
38:25conservationists
38:26in the state capitol.
38:29During a break
38:30at the state house,
38:31Jim and his team
38:32discuss their issues
38:33with the boom.
38:35What is it about
38:37the oil boom
38:37that people don't know?
38:39I don't think people
38:39recognize the scope
38:41of what's going on
38:42in western North Dakota.
38:43We currently have
38:4412,000 Bakken oil wells.
38:47The expectation
38:47is somewhere between
38:4940,000 and 70,000
38:50when development
38:52is complete.
38:53The worst problem
38:53is there were
38:552,000 spills reported
38:57on the health department
38:58website in 2014.
38:592,000 spills.
39:01That's unbelievable.
39:03The vast majority
39:04of spills are small
39:05and contained,
39:06but larger,
39:07more harmful spills
39:08do occur.
39:10There has always been
39:11a sort of distrust
39:13between landowners
39:15and conservation,
39:17which has always been
39:18a mystery to me
39:20because we share
39:21so many values.
39:23Back at his computer,
39:28Jim has time
39:29to reflect on both
39:30the positive
39:30and negative sides
39:32of this unprecedented
39:33oil boom.
39:35Those of us
39:35in the conservation
39:36community are saying,
39:37let's just slow down
39:39just a little bit.
39:40We want the money.
39:42We want the people.
39:44We love this
39:45booming economy.
39:46How lucky are we?
39:48Now let's just
39:48do it right.
39:49So I met Tony.
39:54He's actually talking
39:55about putting down roots
39:55here.
39:56I think it's pretty cool,
39:57but I do think
39:58it's going to be
39:58very difficult
39:59because a guy that age,
40:00he needs an outlet.
40:02He needs a girlfriend.
40:03I go home
40:04and I bitch to my family
40:05and my husband,
40:06and I have
40:07that support system.
40:09It's very, very difficult
40:10to come here by yourself
40:12and try to make it work.
40:14We leave here at 7.20.
40:16Are you serious?
40:17Oh my God.
40:18I think I should get dressed
40:19because it's 6 o'clock.
40:21My family is doing
40:22really well,
40:23but it's not by chance.
40:25We work really hard
40:26to make that happen.
40:27I've got four teenagers
40:29in my house right now,
40:30and it is not easy.
40:31Logan, school day.
40:33Get out.
40:34Adding to Deanna's stress
40:36are her husband's
40:37long work hours,
40:38a brand new house
40:39that's falling apart
40:40around her
40:41and getting her kids
40:43out the door
40:43on their first day
40:45of school.
40:46Oh my nose.
40:47It's okay.
40:48Can you please get up?
40:50Please?
40:51You know what's
40:52going to happen?
40:55Come on, son.
40:56Get up.
40:56Stop.
40:57I have another hour.
40:58Get out of my room.
41:00Okay, I'll lay with you then.
41:03Get out.
41:04Get upside down.
41:06Gunnar, get out
41:07of the table, please.
41:08Somebody want to feed me?
41:09Do you like a scone?
41:10I want a scone.
41:11I just said that.
41:12Get a bowl.
41:13Shut up.
41:14Logan, stop.
41:16Just being honest.
41:17Your being honest
41:18is being kind of a bully.
41:20Whatever.
41:20So stop.
41:22Seriously,
41:23you're regurgitating
41:24just meanness.
41:25Oh my God.
41:26Please stop.
41:26Whatever.
41:28It's your mother,
41:29after all.
41:29She's going through
41:30menopause,
41:30and she's senile.
41:32He's a bad kid.
41:33What?
41:33He's a bad seed, Ray.
41:35I know.
41:36Bad seed.
41:36If anybody challenges me,
41:39it's Logan.
41:41And if anybody ever
41:42did challenge me,
41:43my life,
41:43it was my dad.
41:45And he died the day
41:46before my son was born.
41:48I went into labor
41:49right after my dad died,
41:50and somewhere,
41:52my dad said to Logan,
41:55okay, hurry up.
41:55I've got to tell you
41:56all this stuff
41:56that's going to piss
41:57your mom off.
41:58And then you can come out.
41:59And that's why Logan
42:00acts like a 70-year-old man.
42:02If you don't have everything,
42:04it's okay.
42:05All right?
42:06All right.
42:07Love.
42:08I don't even know
42:08what school I'm going to.
42:10Have a good day.
42:11Don't use your electronic devices
42:12in school.
42:13Okay.
42:14Raising four kids
42:15in Boomtown
42:16comes with its own
42:17set of stresses.
42:18The seniors
42:19can now add school
42:21to that list.
42:27It's opening day
42:28at Jennifer's dance studio,
42:30but instead of celebrating,
42:32she's coming off
42:33yet another late night.
42:35I've got to go.
42:36Jennifer's here.
42:37Okay, bye.
42:38So what happened last night?
42:39Before we left,
42:40I pulled Jason aside
42:41and I'm like,
42:42let's go over the checklist
42:43of what you're going
42:44to get done tonight.
42:45He says,
42:46oh, you know,
42:46I'm not going to leave
42:47until everything's done.
42:47And I said,
42:48well, I just want to make sure.
42:49I got back at like 9.45 or 10.
42:53Nothing else was done.
42:54Last night,
42:55I was here until midnight.
42:56I was hanging trim.
42:57I was initially so mad.
42:59I went in there,
42:59and I got all of his s**t
43:00and put it right here
43:01just in a big pile.
43:02I text him last night
43:03and I fired him at midnight.
43:05What did you say?
43:06Basically,
43:06I'm disappointed.
43:08I can't believe
43:08you just leave me hanging
43:09and you're three weeks late.
43:11Sorry if you underbid yourself.
43:13I held up mind
43:13to the bargain.
43:14You didn't.
43:16You did some great things
43:17and you're a good guy,
43:18but I don't need you anymore.
43:19Oh, no.
43:20I'm just really sad
43:20that he would do that.
43:22There are many hard lessons
43:23for those doing business
43:24in the Bakken,
43:25but after a little ingenuity
43:27and a lot of hard work,
43:30Jan's boomtown dream
43:31is ready to go.
43:33Finally, we're here
43:34and the blacks are all home
43:36for various competitions.
43:39The shelves were made.
43:40They're like little stars,
43:41so they kind of follow the pattern.
43:42Jason did a good job on those.
43:44We're just ready to go
43:45and I'm so excited
43:46this day is finally here.
43:47I never thought
43:50I'd have a new studio like this.
43:52I didn't think it'd be possible.
43:53All the real estate
43:54in this area
43:54is crazy expensive
43:55and I'm so excited for you
43:57and I'm so proud of you.
44:05Across town,
44:07Haley's taking a radical step
44:08to address her
44:09and Larissa's financial crisis.
44:11Hey, bud.
44:14Nice.
44:15I just sold my pickup.
44:16We'll get a nice family vehicle
44:18when we have kids someday.
44:19Something that's a lot of space
44:22and not loud
44:23and we can have a conversation
44:25while we're driving.
44:26You don't have to hurt your back
44:27to jump into the thing.
44:28So you're good to go
44:29as soon as we get this.
44:31It's an unorthodox move for Haley,
44:33who like many young boomtowners
44:35is still learning what it takes
44:36to make it as a business owner.
44:39Way official here.
44:40I was shocked
44:41and kind of impressed
44:43when she said
44:44she didn't want to get a new one
44:45because the Haley thing to do
44:47would be,
44:48okay, I sold my pickup,
44:49now I'm going to go drive
44:50a $60,000 vehicle off the lot.
44:53And for her to make
44:55the adult decision to say,
44:56no, I'm not going to get a pickup,
44:59I'm just going to let my credit
45:00build for a little bit
45:01so then I can get the pickup
45:02that I want,
45:03you know, down the road
45:04when I build up my bank account.
45:05I mean, that says a lot.
45:07Well, thank you.
45:08Yeah, drive safe, bud.
45:09Yeah, sure.
45:10Nice to meet you guys.
45:11Yep.
45:11Here's what's left.
45:13It's really happening.
45:15I just sold the big beast.
45:16Yep.
45:18That makes me so sad.
45:20Maybe she's growing up
45:21a little bit.
45:23The extra cash
45:24will help keep
45:25their business running,
45:26at least for now.
45:27But it's still a long haul
45:29until mint condition trucking
45:31climbs out of the red.
45:32But if my business plan
45:34that I have planned...
45:35Doesn't that sound fishy?
45:38I don't know much about it.
45:39She doesn't know anything about it.
45:40This is...
45:41It's all me.
45:42So when it happens,
45:43it happens,
45:45and then I'll let everybody
45:45know about it.
45:46But until then,
45:47it's just going to be
45:48a big, huge surprise.
45:50Sad day.
45:52I know.
45:53Do you hear it?
45:53You can hear it from a mile away.
45:55Have it all...
45:56figure it out.
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