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1539 Eleventh Ave. Helena, MT 59601
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Billings Office

2535 St. Johns Avenue | Billings, MT 59102 | (406) 656-0040 | Fax: (406) 652-5305

Ben Jones

Administrator / Petroleum Engineer
Management, policy, and personnel matters; public and legislative liaison; Technical requirements for drilling and plugging program; technical expertise at hearings.
Ben Davis Technical Program Coordinator
Coordination and technical requirements for compliance activities; technical expertise at hearings; drilling permit processing.
Vacant UIC Coordinator
Coordination and technical requirements for Class II Underground Injection Control program; EPA liaison; injection and disposal well permitting.
John Gizicki Chief Field Inspector
Supervision and coordination of field inspection activities; approval of abandonment plans, well workovers, and well recompletions; coordination of plugging program.
Vacant Compliance Specialist
Coordination of compliance activities; spill and incident reporting; inspector liaison for compliance matters.
Jennifer Breton Program Specialist
Scheduling, preparation, and coordination of BOGC meetings and public hearings; budget development and financial reports; personnel and policy matters; liaison with DNRC management; plugging and reclamation bonds.
Vacant Permit Specialist / Office Manager
Permitting specialist; office management, oversight and procedures; production reporting.
Kris Goll Draftsman
Dry hole maps; field maps; library of well cutting samples.
Nancy Heinaman Permit Clerk
Maintenance of logs, reports, and records; compliance responsibility; bank deposits; data entry into database records.
Jodi Hoppel-Fischer License Permit Technician

 

Permitting specialist; database maintenance; electronic reports and forms; special projects; completion reporting.

Shelby Office

201 Main Street | PO Box 690 | Shelby, MT 59474 | (406) 434-2422 | Fax: (406) 434-2516

Gary Klotz Field Supervisor
Well inspections and field compliance; supervision of well abandonment and reclamation projects; geophysical inspections; problem resolution (spills, leaks, fires); deficiency reports.
Greg Larson Field Inspector
Well inspections and field compliance; supervision of well abandonment and reclamation projects; geophysical inspections; problem resolution (spills, leaks, fires); deficiency reports.
Katelyn Bohmer Administrative Support
Typing; filing; data entry.

Field Inspectors

John Gizicki, Chief Field Inspector
Billlings
(406) 656-0040

Gary Klotz, Field Supervisor

Shelby
(406) 434-2422
(406) 698-4871
Greg Larson
Shelby
(406) 434-2422
(406) 698-4826
Scot Bloomfield
Roundup
(406) 698-4832
Russ Utter
Sidney
(406) 697-0491

Sam Thielen

Glendive

(406) 698-4861

Doug Reidle

Plentywood
(406) 698-5266

Board Members

NAME/ADDRESS
PHONE
QUALIFICATION
TERM of OFFICE

Roy Brown

(406) 591-1072
Public Member
1/14/21 to 1/5/25
Steve Durrett
(406) 294-5990
Industry Representative
3/8/19 to 1/1/23
Paul Gatzemeier
7256 Hwy 3
Billings, MT 59106
(406) 696-9842
Landowner
Without minerals
3/8/19 to 1/1/23
Mac McDermott
406 5th Ave S
Shelby, MT 59474
(406) 434-7049
Industry Representative

3/17/17 to 1/5/25

Mike Weber
PO Box 447
Fairview, MT 59221

(406) 480-3487

Attorney

3/8/19 to 1/1/23

Corey Welter 
2110 Overland Ave., Suite 105
Billings, MT 59102

(406) 259-4878
Industry Representative
3/17/17 to 1/5/25

Jeff Wivholm
225 Flandrem Road
Medicine Lake, MT 59247

(406) 789-2511
Landowner with Minerals
1/14/21 to 1/5/25