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Flood threat prompts warning for well owners

April 6, 2013 in Alexandria Echo Press

An ounce of prevention now could be worth gallons of cure later for private water well owners facing floods this spring, said state health officials this week.
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‘Fracking’ overtakes ‘Climate Change’ in Google searches

December 25, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Pro and anti-drilling camps trade barbs for the cameras
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‘Fracking’ overtakes ‘Climate Change’ in Google searches

December 25, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Pro and anti-drilling camps trade barbs for the cameras
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Drilling in Glacier: Some believe in mini oil, gas boom in western Mont.

December 21, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BROWNING, Mont. On the edge of the Blackfeet Indian reservation, where the Rocky Mountains rise out of the Great Plains like shark’s teeth, oil exploration companies plumb the depths of the land again and again as the tribe dreams of a big strike that will lift its people out of poverty. Continue Reading

Oil well near Parshall is under control

December 14, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

PARSHALL Crews regained control of an oil well near Parshall about 5 a.m. today after the well stopped flowing, said the state Department of Mineral Resources. Continue Reading

ND approves frack water disposal well near Killdeer

September 25, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

The North Dakota Industrial Commission on Monday approved the creation of a saltwater disposal well outside of Killdeer that some think is too close to a future subdivision. Continue Reading

Preliminary cause of oil well explosion: cigarette lighter

August 23, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

ARNEGARD A cigarette lighter may have caused a fire at an oil well site Wednesday near here that seriously burned two men, a spokesman for the company that owned the well said. Continue Reading

Oil well fire burns two men

August 23, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe

ARNEGARD, N.D. A cigarette lighter may have caused a fire at an oil well site Wednesday near here that seriously burned two men, a spokesman for the company that owned the well said. Continue Reading

Explosion at oil well burns two men

August 23, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

WILLISTON – Two men were seriously burned in an oil well explosion Wednesday in McKenzie County. Continue Reading

Commission approves Hettinger County salt water disposal well

August 21, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK (AP) A proposed salt water disposal well has been approved in rural Hettinger County, but a state regulator said he doesn’t expect it will be used right away. Continue Reading