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STAFF BLOG NIE ROCKS! Oil spill questions and answers
Here is an informative article from MCT/McClatchy newspapers. It takes a look at the history of oil and offshore drilling in a question and answer format to help put the recent oil spill in conte...
Posted on 6/17/10 at 12:00 AM
$1 billion North Dakota fertilizer plant close to reality 
Plans are moving along for a $1 billion nitrogen fertilizer plant that could make use of the natural gas now being flared off in western North Dakota’s Oil Patch.
By Ryan Johnson , July 05, 2012
Jerry Grosz, Bismarck, letter: Coal’s benefits far exceed pollution costs
If Americans really are focused on becoming energy independent, then coal has to remain a part of the nation’s energy mix.
By Jerry Grosz , June 27, 2012
Marie Hoff, Bismarck, letter: Natural gas wins, coal loses in 2012
When examining the facts, it becomes clear that coal as an energy resource is fading fast.
By Marie Hoff , June 23, 2012
Utility starts work on Williston power plant
Basin Electric Power Cooperative has started work on a natural gas-fueled plant that will help meet the oil industry's electric power demands.
By Associated Press , June 18, 2012
Interior Secretary Salazar sets new driling rule on public, Indian lands
The Obama administration said Friday it will for the first time require companies drilling for oil and natural gas on public and Indian lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. The proposed "fracking" rules also set standards for proper construction of wells and wastewater disposal.
By Matthew Daly , May 04, 2012
U.S. natural gas boom brings decade-low price
The price of natural gas has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade, a remarkable decline for a commodity that not long ago was believed to be in short supply.
By Jonathan Fahey , April 11, 2012
N.D.'s Clark to get hearing Wednesday for federal appointment
Tony Clark has been picked for an opening on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. It oversees natural gas pipelines and the nation's electric power grid. President Barack Obama nominated Clark in January. The commission opening is reserved for a Republican.
By Associated Press , March 12, 2012
Lawsuit: N.D. landowners along Missouri River, Lake Sakakawea claim loss of oil, gas money to state
The lawsuit says the state is claiming it can sell oil and gas exploration rights on property it doesn't own. The lawsuit says millions of dollars are at stake.
By Associated Press , March 08, 2012
Obama demands Congress end oil, gas subsidies
President Barack Obama, turning his political sights on snowy New Hampshire, demanded that Congress eliminate oil and gas company subsidies that he called an outrageous government "giveaway." Though politically a long shot, the White House believes the idea resonates at a time of high gasoline prices.
By Julie Pace , March 01, 2012
Obama: GOP philosophy is 'wrong about America'
President Barack Obama on Thursday accused his Republican presidential rivals of peddling a philosophy that is "wrong about America," seeking to rev up his supporters as he hauled in campaign cash in an important swing state.
By Jim Kuhnhenn , February 23, 2012
Montana preps for further impacts of Bakken drilling
State and federal officials will offer residents of north-central Montana a primer on the potential environmental and community effects of anticipated oil and gas development.
By Associated Press , February 20, 2012
Natural gas driller cut production as prices drop
As natural gas prices continue to drop, the recent nationwide boom in drilling is slowing. Drillers don't make money if prices go too low — and drilling wells isn't cheap.
By Kevin Begos , February 12, 2012
Calpine drops plans to sell Mankato, Minn., natural gas plant
Calpine Corp., a major U.S. energy company, says auction bids for the $250 million plant, built in 2006, are too low.
By Associated Press , February 09, 2012
N.D. produced record 153 million barrels of oil in 2011
North Dakota produced a record 152.9 million barrels of crude in 2011, up more than 35 percent from the previous record of 113 million set a year earlier, state officials said today. The state is poised to best, within months, California and Alaska, which are the nation's third and second oil-producing states, respectively, behind Texas. Daily production was up to a record 534,000 barrels per day in December.
By Herald Staff and Wire Report , February 08, 2012
House Dems critical of lax oil, gas drilling oversight on public lands
The report focuses on drilling activity on federal land in 17 states from early 1998 to early 2011, when more than 2,000 citations for safety and drilling violations were issued to 335 companies but only 6 percent resulted in monetary fines, to about $274,000, for 64 companies.
By Matthew Daly , February 08, 2012
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