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STAFF BLOG OIL PATCH DISPATCH Faces of the Boom: Workers Adjust to Meet Changing Demands in ND’s Oil Fields
WILLISTON, N.D. -- In Karolin Jappes first year as emergency manager in McKenzie County, she responded to five explosions at oil and gas facilities. Most concerning to Jappe was that four of the five...
Posted on 5/27/17 at 8:00 AM
STAFF BLOG SAY ANYTHING BLOG Maybe the Solution for Oil Industry Spill Reporting Is Categories
North Dakota has a problem with the way it reports oil industry spills. Lots and lots of tiny, contained spills are documented by the state and the inclusion of that data in statistical analysis can l...
Posted on 1/12/17 at 10:54 AM
STAFF BLOG MIKE MCFEELY LISTEN: ‘I Will Never Submit to Any Pipeline to Go Through My Homeland’
Standing Rock tribal elder Phyllis Young was among the last to speak at a meeting between the tribal council and representatives of Energy Transfer Partners back in September of 2014. Yes, the tribal...
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:44 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Railroads promise more rail safety money
Railroads carrying hazardous materials across Minnesota came forward Wednesday with a plan to pay more for safer road crossings and training. "The railroads plan to step forward and assist beyond tha...
Posted on 5/5/16 at 9:28 AM
THIS WOMAN WRITES Sailboat Thoughts for Father's Day
Happy Father's Day -- make it more than a day. Maybe you own a sailboat, and maybe you don't. But the beauty of the human imagination -- and fine art -- is that we are free in our minds to sail wher...
Posted on 6/17/15 at 12:44 PM
Tioga well continues leaking oil days after spill
WILLISTON -- Oil, gas and fracking fluid is leaking from an oil well near Tioga days after local authorities learned about the problem.
By WDAY TV , May 13, 2014
Well control incident reported near Tioga
TIOGA, N.D. – State and local officials are responding to a well control incident at an oil and gas well northwest of Tioga, the Department of Mineral Resources said Monday.
By Amy Dalrymple, INFORUM , May 12, 2014
Dalrymple calls for hold-even agency budgets with option for increases
BISMARCK –- As North Dakota sits on billions of dollars in oil tax revenues, Gov. Jack Dalrymple called on state agencies Wednesday to develop hold-even budgets for the 2015-2017 biennium but left the door open to requests for more money to meet growth-related needs.
By Mike Nowatzki , May 08, 2014
Feds: Energy mining's disposal wells may have role in Oklahoma's earthquakes
(CNN) -- The oil and gas industry's injection of wastewater deep into the Earth is "a likely contributing factor" to the 50% increase in Oklahoma earthquakes since October, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
By Michael Martinez , May 07, 2014
The Bakken's dirty secret: Sex trafficking has growing presence in Oil Patch, experts say
WILLISTON, N.D. - The trafficking of women and girls as young as pre-teens is a growing problem in the Oil Patch, where law enforcement are dealing with a new kind of monster and advocates say resources are lacking.
By Katherine Lymn, INFORUM , May 06, 2014
UPDATE: Oil tank cars derail, burn in Virginia
(CNN) -- A pillar of black smoke billowed over downtown Lynchburg, Virginia, after a train carrying crude oil jumped its tracks and caught fire Wednesday afternoon, city officials said.
By CNN Staff , April 30, 2014
Petraeus visits N.D.’s ‘energy revolution’
WILLISTON –- Retired four-star general and former CIA Director David Petraeus toured the Oil Patch on Tuesday and met with local officials at a private event in Williston.
By Amy Dalrymple , April 30, 2014
Dalrymple won’t call special session for Oil Patch spending
BISMARCK - Gov. Jack Dalrymple will not call state lawmakers to Bismarck for a special session to address needs in booming western North Dakota, his office announced Monday.
By Kyle Potter, Forum News Service, INFORUM , April 28, 2014
Pipeline spill cleanup near Tioga, N.D., to top $11 million
TIOGA, N.D. – Cleaning up the more than 20,000 barrels of oil that leaked from a pipeline near here will take at least $11 million and up to two more years, but a health official says the process should allow the land to be farmed again.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service, INFORUM , April 25, 2014
Oil revenue way up for tribes; money going to roads, other infrastructure
NEW TOWN, ND –- In less than one year, the Three Affiliated Tribes have collected $184 million in oil tax revenue, nearly equal to the amount collected during the entire 2011-13 biennium.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service, INFORUM , April 24, 2014
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