In North Dakota oil fields, ‘water is for fighting’
May 25, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WATFORD CITY – In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: “Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting.” Continue Reading
Williston Mayor Ward Koeser was given the North Dakota Petroleum Council’s Outstanding Public Service Award on Wednesday. The group represents more than 325 companies working in North Dakota’s oil patch.
RAY The oil industry threw a thank you party Tuesday for communities in the heart of oil development.
A proposed rule that will require companies to disclose chemicals used for hydraulic fracturing on public and Indian lands should give the public peace of mind. The oil industry believes it is just another redundant rule stacked on top of state regulations.
A Wheatland, N.D., reader wonders if flared natural gas could be onnverted to anhydrous ammonia. Some companies are considering it.
Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, said Friday in Grand Forks that “there has got to be an educational process” to reassure the public about the health and environmental safety of hydraulic fracturing as the process is employed here.
In one of the largest efforts to capture a valuable commodity in the state, the oil industry is spending more than $3 billion in North Dakota to secure natural gas, officials said Friday.
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