North Dakota LNG Announces Construction of North Dakota’s First Liquefied...
In a press release on Wednesday, North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple and officials with North Dakota LNG (NDLNG) announced the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing facility to be...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Reminds Negotiators: Be Careful What You Say
Do you think that what you say when negotiating a mineral lease does not matter once the agreement is inked and contains boilerplate language declaring it to “supersede all prior negotiations” and “be...
View ArticleThe Myth of the Regulatory Gap: BLM’s Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Rule...
For the better part of the last decade, oil and natural gas production from domestic wells has increased steadily. Technical advancements in identifying promising sources of oil and gas and extracting...
View ArticleCrude-by-Rail Update: Municipalities in the Bakken Push Back Against...
Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, towns in the western United States grew and thrived around the railroad. In fact, the railroad tracks often became a central geographic feature within...
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Crude-by-Rail Still Outcompetes Pipelines in the Bakken
With low oil prices and producers slashing the rig count in the Bakken shale, it is fair to ask whether crude-by-rail will be able to compete with pipelines in the region. The bottom line is that...
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State of North Dakota Intervenes in Wyoming’s and Independent Producers’...
The state of North Dakota moved to intervene yesterday in the state of Wyoming’s challenge to the Bureau of Land Management’s new hydraulic fracturing regulations. North Dakota—like Wyoming—asserts...
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North Dakota Saltwater Disposal Enforcement Actions Highlight Key Legal and...
Spills or improper disposal of oilfield produced water—which can be more than 10 times saltier than seawater and may also contain heavy metals and other chemicals—can turn even staunchly pro-oil and...
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