2535 St. Johns Avenue | Billings, MT 59102 | Phone: (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 technical review and approval.
John Gizicki UIC Director Coordination and technical requirements for Class II Underground Injection Control program; EPA liaison; injection and disposal well permitting.
Scot Bloomfield 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.
Jodi Hoppel-Fischer License Permit Technician Permitting specialist; database maintenance, oversight and procedures; production reporting, completion reporting.
Allison Young Swallow Administrative Assistant Permitting processing;  maintenance of logs, reports, and records; data entry into database records; special projects.
Nancy Heinaman Permit Clerk Maintenance of logs, reports, and records; compliance responsibility; bank deposits; data entry into database records.

201 Main Street | PO Box 690 | Shelby, MT 59474| Phone: (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.

Scot Bloomfield, Chief Field Inspector

Billings (406) 656-0040
Gary Klotz, Field Supervisor Shelby

(406) 434-2422

(406) 698-4871

Greg Larson Shelby

(406) 434-2422

(406) 698-4826

Buck Thomas Roundup

(406) 698-4832

Russ Utter Sidney (406) 697-0491
Sam Thielen Glendive (406) 698-4861
Mark Woodman Plentywood (406) 698-5266

Name/Address

Phone Qualification Term of Office
Steve Durrett (Chair) (406) 294-5990 Industry Representative 3/8/19 to 1/1/27
Roy Brown (406) 591-1072 Public Member 1/14/21 to 1/5/25

Paul Gatzemeier

7256 Hwy 3

Billings, MT 59106

(406) 696-9842

Landowner Without Minerals

3/8/19 to 1/1/27

Mac McDermott

406 5th Ave S

Shelby, MT 59474

(406) 434-7049

Industry Representative

3/17/17 to 1/5/25

John Tietz

PO Box 1697

Helena, MT 59624

(406) 443-6820

Attorney

2/13/23 to 1/1/27

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