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    As the Bakken booms, North Dakota eyes plastics
    October 6, 2019 - 11:42ambusiness/energy-and-mining
    BISMARCK — As pump jacks pull more and more oil out of shale rock buried deep below the western part of the state, an increasing amount of...
    Project Tundra receives $9.8 million grant for FEED research
    October 3, 2019 - 2:52pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    It’s a project that will likely change the energy landscape in North Dakota in the years to come.
    ND PSC grants permits for oil pipeline that converted to transmission line without first obtaining proper approval
    September 4, 2019 - 8:11pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    BISMARCK — North Dakota's Public Service Commission has granted permits allowing an existing oil pipeline in McKenzie County to operate as a transmission line after its owner converted it from a gathering line without first obtaining approval from state regulators. The 20-mile...
    Conclusions of oil-by-rail study encourages North Dakota officials seeking to overturn Washington law
    August 28, 2019 - 8:15pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    A federal study examining the volatility of Bakken oil is giving North Dakota officials encouragement in their petition to overturn a Washington...
    Another dispute over oil refinery near national park goes to North Dakota Supreme Court
    August 7, 2019 - 4:57pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    BISMARCK — Two environmental groups who believe North Dakota regulators should have waded into the dispute over the site of an $800 million...
    Regulators look to create rule for dismantling solar facilities as industry moves into North Dakota
    August 6, 2019 - 6:41pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    BISMARCK — With construction on the first large-scale solar farm in North Dakota slated to begin next year, state regulators are creating a...
    Court rules against environmentalist challenge to Minnesota mining rules
    August 5, 2019 - 7:24pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday, Aug. 5, ruled against environmental groups seeking to hold up a mining project in northeast Minnesota...
    'It will not grow a crop': A legacy of salt contamination draws attention, research to Bottineau County oilfields
    August 4, 2019 - 6:45ambusiness/energy-and-mining
    RENVILLE, N.D. — Wheat, corn and bright yellow canola sprawl out across the flat prairie this time of year in Bottineau County, broken up every...
    At times it takes decades – not just years – to build significant water projects in the region
    August 3, 2019 - 10:31ambusiness/energy-and-mining
    GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Diverting rivers, preventing floods and pumping an entire region’s water supply up and over a continental divide? That’s...
    Oil producer Whiting cuts 254 jobs
    July 31, 2019 - 8:00pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    BISMARCK — Whiting Petroleum Corp., an oil producer with wells in North Dakota, announced Tuesday, July 30, that it had cut 254 jobs, the Bismarck...
    North Dakota, oil industry look to study lightning at saltwater disposal sites in oil patch
    July 31, 2019 - 6:31pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    BISMARCK — State officials and oil industry leaders want to commission a study of lightning strikes at saltwater disposal sites, the Bismarck...
    Oil production steady in May, but transportation woes persist
    July 16, 2019 - 5:50pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    BISMARCK — Oil production in North Dakota held steady this spring, and state officials say they expect challenges related to the transportation of both oil and natural gas to persist. May’s numbers — the latest available — show that North Dakota wells produced 1.39 million...
    High-tech solutions to oilfield challenges a hot topic at Bakken conference
    July 16, 2019 - 5:43pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    BISMARCK — This year’s Bakken Conference and Expo showcases some high-tech solutions for solving pressing issues in North Dakota's oil patch,...
    Oil patch grapples with how to address lightning strikes at saltwater disposal sites
    July 13, 2019 - 5:14pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    Summer thunderstorms bring an impressive light show as they roll across the prairie, but they also can wreak havoc over the western North Dakota...
    Tribe, pipeline opponents plan to request state hearing on DAPL expansion
    July 11, 2019 - 8:15ambusiness/energy-and-mining
    BISMARCK — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and several pipeline opponents plan to request a hearing on the proposed expansion of the Dakota Access...
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