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    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...
    Dakota Access Pipeline capacity expansion could move 1.1 million barrels per day, operator says
    June 20, 2019 - 6:23pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    BISMARCK — The operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline is planning to nearly double its capacity, to a point where it could transport nearly...
    North Dakota oil industry, state officials laud uniform safety orientation
    June 20, 2019 - 6:06pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    BISMARCK — Members of the North Dakota Petroleum Council trade group and state officials unveiled a uniform oilfield safety orientation program...
    Pipeline leak in Stark County spills 200 barrels of produced water
    June 19, 2019 - 3:55pmbusiness/energy-and-mining
    DICKINSON, N.D. — A pipeline leak in Stark County spilled about 8,400 gallons of produced water. Produced water is a mixture of saltwater and...
    New central South Dakota ethanol plant reaches full speed
    June 17, 2019 - 11:46ambusiness/energy-and-mining
    ONIDA, S.D. — About four years after dirt first was moved on the site just south of Onida, Ringneck Energy’s ethanol plant finally is in...
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