North Dakota · Utah

Natural resources, developed responsibly.

HJG Group operates across two natural-resource sectors — saltwater disposal for oil & gas producers, and eco-friendly logging and sawmilling — through a focused family of regional subsidiaries.

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Operating sectors
ND
Midstream water
UT
Timber & milling
How We Operate

Lean structure. Regional expertise. Long horizons.

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Regional subsidiaries

Work is executed by local entities — HJG North Dakota in the Bakken, Dark Horse Timber in Utah — close to the resource and the community.

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Stewardship first

Whether managing produced water or a timber stand, we operate to leave the land in better condition than we found it.

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Operator-led

Decisions are made by people in the field, supported by disciplined financial and management oversight at the parent level.

Working in the Bakken or the Wasatch?

We partner with operators, landowners, and agencies who value reliability and responsible practice.

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Saltwater Disposal Division

Reliable produced-water disposal for the Bakken.

◆ North Dakota — operated through HJG North Dakota subsidiaries

We own and operate two saltwater disposal facilities serving major producers in the Williston Basin — built for uptime, safety, and regulatory compliance.

Overview

Every barrel produced in the Bakken comes with water that has to go somewhere. Saltwater disposal is the critical, regulated last step in the production cycle — and operators depend on partners who can take that water safely, consistently, and without interruption.

Through our HJG North Dakota subsidiaries, we own and operate two saltwater disposal (SWD) facilities serving major producers across the Williston Basin. Our focus is singular: dependable, compliant disposal that keeps our customers producing.

Disposal assets are long-lived infrastructure, and we operate them that way — with disciplined maintenance, monitoring, and a commitment to meeting every regulatory standard that governs produced-water injection.

Capabilities

What we provide

Produced-Water Disposal

Permitted saltwater injection that safely handles produced and flowback water from Bakken operations.

High Uptime

Facilities engineered and maintained for reliable, around-the-clock intake so producers are never left waiting.

Regulatory Compliance

Operations that meet North Dakota injection standards, with active monitoring and reporting.

Pipeline & Trucking Access

Facilities served by both pipeline and truck access, giving producers and hauling partners flexible, efficient delivery and fast turnaround.

Our Facilities

Two SWD facilities in the Williston Basin

Facility 01

Williston SWD

Saltwater disposal serving operators in and around Williston, North Dakota — built for high-volume, reliable intake.

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Facility 02

Cartwright SWD

Disposal facility located near Cartwright, North Dakota, positioned to serve producers across the surrounding Bakken acreage.

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Need a dependable water partner in North Dakota?

Let's talk about your sourcing and disposal needs across the basin.

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Timber Division

We only cut what the forest needs cleared.

◆ Utah — operated through Dark Horse Timber

Dark Horse Timber harvests only trees designated for removal by the U.S. Forest Service under its environmental clearing policies, then mills them into industrial and commercial cut timber.

Overview

Our eco-friendly model is simple: we never log live, healthy trees that the forest needs. We harvest only timber that the U.S. Forest Service has designated for removal as part of its environmental clearing policies — trees marked for thinning, fuel-load reduction, and forest-health management.

This means our work supports the Forest Service's objectives rather than working against them. The same trees that would otherwise add to wildfire risk or be cleared and wasted become a productive resource in our hands.

Through Dark Horse Timber, we then turn that designated timber into industrial and commercial cut lumber — capturing real value from material that is being removed for the good of the forest.

Capabilities

From designated stand to cut timber

USFS-Designated Harvest

We log only trees marked for removal by the U.S. Forest Service under its environmental clearing policies.

No Healthy Live Trees

Live, needed trees are never cut — our work supports forest health and wildfire-risk reduction.

Sawmilling

Designated timber is processed into usable lumber rather than cleared and wasted.

Industrial & Commercial Timber

Finished cut timber products for industrial and commercial use.

Visit the Operation

Dark Horse Timber

Our Utah logging and sawmilling operations run under the Dark Horse Timber brand, which maintains its own website with products, services, and contact details.

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Landowner, agency, or buyer in Utah?

We'd welcome a conversation about responsible harvest or locally milled lumber.

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Leadership

The people behind the operations.

HJG Group is led by a small, hands-on management team that pairs field operating experience with disciplined financial oversight.

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Horst J. Geicke

Chairman

Horst J. Geicke is a German-born entrepreneur and investor who has been active in Asia since the 1980s. He studied Business Administration and Business Law at the University of Hamburg and moved to Asia in 1981, building export-oriented manufacturing businesses in China before focusing on investment. He is co-founder, partner and former executive chairman of the Hong Kong investment firm PAG (formerly Pacific Alliance Group), and co-founder of VinaCapital, a pioneering investor in Vietnam. He brings decades of experience as an early investor across Asia's emerging markets to his role as Chairman of HJG Group.

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Rachel J. Geicke

Chief Executive Officer

Rachel J. Geicke is an entrepreneur who was born and raised in Asia. She co-founded the plant-based food company Snow Monkey, building it from a start-up into a brand carried in Whole Foods and over a thousand stores nationwide, and earning a place in the Chobani Food Incubator. Based in Honolulu, Rachel has for the last several years been directing several investment projects owned by the Geicke family office, including HJG Utah, LLC. She brings a founder's hands-on operating experience and growth mindset to her role as Chief Executive Officer of HJG Group.

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Louis M. Bowen

Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer

Oversees day-to-day operations and financial management across the parent company and its North Dakota and Utah subsidiaries. Based in San Francisco, Mr. Bowen is Chairman and Managing Director of Asia Capital Management Limited, an investment and financial advisory firm he founded in 1994 and which is licensed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. He brings over five decades of investment and finance experience, beginning in Citicorp's investment banking group — where he launched its Asia-Pacific investment banking activity in Hong Kong — followed by establishing one of Asia's first private equity firms. He holds an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics from the University of Arkansas.

Contact

Let's talk.

For all inquiries, please contact the party below.

Louis M. Bowen

Chief Operating Officer / Chief Financial Officer
CompanyHJG Utah, LLC