April 26, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
Whether glancing at satellite images from space or taking a leisurely nighttime drive from Dickinson to Williston, it’s clear that flaring is a big part of the Bakken oil play. Continue Reading
February 13, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK The North Dakota Senate snuffed out a measure Wednesday aimed at curbing the oil industry’s practice of wasting natural gas as an unwanted byproduct of oil production. Continue Reading
February 7, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK (AP) A Fargo Democrat has introduced arguably the toughest legislation to date aimed at curbing the oil industry’s practice of burning and wasting natural gas as an unwanted byproduct of oil production. Continue Reading
January 15, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK The amount of natural gas wasted as a byproduct of oil production in North Dakota could be significantly cut under legislation that would give energy companies a tax exemption if they capture and utilize the gas, a state regulator said Tuesday. Continue Reading
January 15, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK More than one-third of natural gas produced in the state goes up in smoke as wasted byproduct of oil production. Continue Reading
October 13, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
LONDON Environmentally-motivated restrictions on flaring off unwanted gas at oil wells are gathering strength and have the potential to stop new projects in their tracks, but a solution may be at hand. Continue Reading
January 13, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The amount of natural gas that is torched and wasted daily by drillers in North Dakota’s oil patch could heat more than 2,300 homes in the state for a year though progress is being made to better capture the commodity, a state regulator says.
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December 18, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
A Jamestown, N.D., reader wonders how North Dakota oil tax revenue is used. This is the second part of the answer that started last Monday, Continue Reading
November 29, 2011 in The Dickinson Press
GRAND FORKS The University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center is studying whether it’s economical to convert flare gas, a waste product from oil drilling, to fertilizer.
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