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Tribe breaks ground on refinery

May 8, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

MAKOTI As the Three Affiliated Tribes blessed the ground Wednesday where a refinery will be built, one tribal council member called it a new day for the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara. Continue Reading

Refinery groundbreaking set for next month

April 29, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

MAKOTI The Three Affiliated Tribes has announced that it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for North Dakota’s newest refinery next month. Continue Reading

Environmentalists reach accord with MN refinery

April 16, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

MINNEAPOLIS Environmental groups and Flint Hills Resources announced an agreement Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions and smog-forming air pollution from the company’s planned upgrade at Minnesota’s largest oil refinery. Continue Reading

Spring ground breaking for refinery near Makoti

April 2, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

MAKOTI The Three Affiliated Tribes is planning to break ground this spring on a $400 million refinery near Makoti.
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Ground to be broken for Dickinson diesel refinery

March 25, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

Officials are breaking ground this week for a diesel refinery in western North Dakota. Continue Reading

Dickinson diesel: Oil refinery could be up and running by late 2014

February 7, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK A diesel refinery near Dickinson could be operational as soon as late 2014, processing 20,000 barrels of Bakken crude oil per day and helping meet the state’s demand for diesel, officials announced Thursday. Continue Reading

SD Supreme Court upholds Hyperion refinery permit

January 24, 2013 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS (AP) The South Dakota Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the approval of an air quality permit that would allow a Texas company to begin constructing a proposed $10 billion oil refinery.
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Fixing refinery tax exemption ‘fiasco’

January 23, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK Backers of a new refinery in North Dakota say a bill asking for a tax exemption for oil refined in the state was a “fiasco,” but a corrected bill expected to be filed today would benefit the state. Continue Reading

Feds OK tribal refinery: Work could begin as early as next spring

October 10, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

NEW TOWN Plans for an oil refinery on the Fort Berthold Reservation, the first major refinery to be built in the United States in more than 30 years, cleared a milestone Wednesday. Continue Reading

Energy committee endorses refinery tax break

October 10, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK A tax break for oil that’s processed in North Dakota would help make new refineries profitable and would pay for itself though increased economic growth, a developer told state lawmakers Wednesday. Continue Reading