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Pipelines in the Bakken: Expansion critical, but landowners grow weary

November 3, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

WILLISTON Williams County farmer Blaine Jorgenson doesn’t need pipeline markers to show him where the oil and gas gathering lines are below his property. Continue Reading

Precautions ordered for Stanley, ND, pipeline segment

July 19, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Part of a planned oil pipeline will have thicker pipe walls and be buried more deeply because of its proximity to the city of Stanley and a new Mountrail County Fair building, state regulators said Thursday. Continue Reading

Fatal crashes in N.D. oil patch double those of 2010

December 11, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Traffic accidents in the oil patch region of the state have reached dizzying numbers in 2011, with fatalities suffered on the roadways higher for the northwest region of the state than in any other two regions combined. Unfortunately, that trend is almost sure to continue, according to authorities.
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UPDATE: Mountrail, Williams counties implement moratoriums on new oil worker ‘man camps’

September 30, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

UPDATED 10:15 A.M.The large temporary housing facilities are springing up in response to a housing shortage in the region. Continue Reading

Mountrail, Williams counties implement moratoriums on new oil worker ‘man camps’

September 30, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

The large temporary housing facilities are springing up in response to a housing shortage in the region. Continue Reading

N.D. oil patch equipment thefts escalate

September 27, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Sheriff’s offices in McKenzie, Williams, Mountrail and Dunn counties all have investigated thefts of skid-steer loaders at job sites. McKenzie County Sheriff Ron Rankin said he wonders if thieves are selling the machines out of state. Continue Reading

Experts advise city, county on man camps

August 10, 2011 in The Dickinson Press

“You are in for a real ride as a county,” Mountrail County Planner Don Longmuir said at the Roosevelt-Custer Regional Council’s “Man-Camp” workshop Wednesday evening at the Ramada Grand Dakota Lodge in Dickinson.
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UPDATE: North Dakota looking at oil traffic dust’s effect on crops

July 11, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

UPDATED: 1:26 P.M.Heavy rain and flooding in western North Dakota has put a damper on a state study of how dust from oil industry traffic affects crops and pastures.
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