blackoutA proposal in the North Dakota Senate could resolve a long-running dispute over how oil tax revenue is split with the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. Senate Bill 2312 changes how revenue is shared from new wells on the Fort Berthold Reservation, a compromise that has the support of legislative and tribal leaders and the […]
blackoutNorth Dakota produced 1.38 million barrels of oil per day in November, a 1.2 percent drop as winter weather arrived and operators were uncertain about gas capture regulations, the state’s top oil regulator said Tuesday. Natural gas production dropped about 1.5 percent to 2.5 billion cubic feet per day, Director of Mineral Resources Lynn Helms […]
blackoutA leak caused about 660 barrels, or 27,720 gallons, of brine to spill on Friday at a well site in McKenzie County, according to a statement released by the North Dakota Oil and Gas Division. Zavanna reported Monday the brine, a waste byproduct of oil production, was contained on the well site about 4 miles […]
blackoutA new study shows it may be economically viable for North Dakota oil companies to temporarily store natural gas underground as an alternative to flaring. The study by the Energy and Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota found that injecting natural gas into an underground rock formation and withdrawing it later could […]
blackoutAn administrative law judge in North Dakota is recommending that state officials issue a water permit for an oil refinery being developed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park that’s being opposed by environmentalists and some area landowners. Three landowners last summer challenged a proposed State Water Commission permit allowing the Davis Refinery to draw water from […]
blackoutThe challenges lawmakers will face during the 2019-21 biennium are daunting, but optimism nonetheless ruled the legislature’s first day, setting the tone for a potentially productive session. In his State of the State last week, Gov. Doug Burgum urged lawmakers to avoid a “scarcity mindset.” “We stand at the cusp of a new era in […]
blackoutOil prices have improved. Many ag prices, however, have not. Trade uncertainties and tariffs are still weighing on the agriculture sector, even as it enters a sixth straight year of low prices. That sets the stage for a 2019-21 biennium in North Dakota that will be defined by tough choices and difficult conversations. Sales taxes […]
blackoutWILLISTON — Authorities have identified a Texas man who died in a crash in the western North Dakota oil patch. The Highway Patrol says 26-year-old Daniel Navarrete-Resendiz of Perryton, Texas, was driving a pickup that went in the ditch and struck a light pole in the Williston area shortly after 12:30 a.m. Monday. The pole […]
blackoutA North Dakota judge has refused to award attorney fees to a North Carolina security company that won a court case in the wake of protests over the Dakota Access oil pipeline. North Dakota’s Private Investigative and Security Board sued TigerSwan in 2017, alleging the company that handled security for the pipeline developer illegally operated […]
blackoutThe developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline missed a year-end deadline to plant thousands of trees along the pipeline corridor in North Dakota, but the company said it was still complying with a settlement of allegations it violated state rules during construction. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, which built the $3.8 billion pipeline that’s now […]
