Behm Energy, Inc
Minot, North Dakota, United States
Behm Energy, Inc
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Explore. Develop. Produce.
About Behm Energy, Inc
Lenny Behm is the President of Behm Energy, Inc. Lenny’s experience and training in the industry led him and his wife, Karen, to concentrate their efforts on oil exploration & production by forming Behm Energy in 1985. The company’s focus has been in North Dakota and Montana because of Lenny’s life-long history and knowledge of those areas.
Lenny Behm began working for his father, Nieman Behm, at a young age. Nieman Behm opened the family’s first business, Behm’s Garage and petroleum bulk plant, near Minot in 1933. Throughout the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s, Nieman cultivated its growth from humble beginnings into a number of energy-related companies. As Lenny and his siblings became adults, they operated a trucking corporation (Power Fuels), workover rigs (Prairie Energy), retail and wholesale fuel sales (Behm’s Propane), as well as oil & gas exploration & production (SunBehm Gas & Exploration). In 1989, the family sold their jointly owned interests.
Behm Energy has over 25 years of success. Part of that history can be credited to the advantages of being locally owned. Lenny prefers to do business with an emphasis on real people and personal service. Another advantage is Behm Energy’s consistent success through past market times. This is attributable to Lenny’s understanding of the areas, personal relationships with industry partners, and his team of geologists, geophysicists, land people, and office staff.
Given its proven prior performance, Behm Energy is equipped for continued future success and has several projects underway to facilitate that success.
Description of Services
Projects
Lenny Behm, President of Behm Energy, has worked in all phases of the family businesses. Prior to forming his own company, Lenny’s core responsibilities were Exploration & Production Superintendent for SunBehm Gas, Inc. and Manager of Prairie Energy, a workover rig business. Under his supervision, several field discoveries were made, and many exploration & development programs were implemented in North Dakota and Montana. In 1976, Lenny formed a joint venture with Gulf Oil that led to some of the first vertical Bakken and Nesson producers in Billings County, North Dakota.
Lenny has been involved in numerous oil & gas wells in addition to many other projects and large lease blocks. Some of these wells are located in the areas listed below. Most of these discovery and development wells have had multiple pay zones, including the Madison, Bakken, Duperow and Red River Formations.
Additional successes of Behm Energy have been the assembly and sale of large lease blocks and development packages. These blocks total thousands of acres of mineral leases. Some of these packages have been sold to prominent companies who are now developing multi-well locations on single pads. Behm Energy continues to operate and manage its interest in wells in western North Dakota and northern Montana as well as build new exploration plays through its mineral leasing efforts.
Lenny and his team of geologists and land professionals are fostering development of oil and gas resources of the Williston Basin in North Dakota and other basins in western Montana.
Areas of Involvement
Bottineau County, North Dakota
- Wiley Field - 30 successful infield vertical test wells
- South Westhope Field
McKenzie County, North Dakota
- Clear Water Field
McKenzie County, North Dakota
- Boxcar Butte Field (northern extension)
- Charbonneau Field
- Dakota West Bakken/Three Forks Project
- Foreman Butte Field
- Northeast Alexander Field
Mountrail County, North Dakota
- Clear Water Field
Renville County, North Dakota
- Lake Darling Field
- SevenMile Coulee Field
Ward County, North Dakota
- Passport Project
Blaine County, Montana
- Battle Creek Field
- Rabbit Hills Field
