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Basin Conference Brings Oil Industry to Bismarck

Basin Conference Brings Oil Industry to Bismarck

March 1, 2010

Story by CHRISTOPHER BJORKE

The Williston Basin straddles two state lines and one international border, but the geography that counts is the Bakken.
In its 18th year, the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference started when companies began applying horizontal drilling methods in the basin. Since then, the Bakken play has grown in prominence in the oil industry and [...]

Basin Conference Brings Oil Industry to Bismarck
Energy Updates

Energy Updates

MDU reports lower earnings during 2009
MDU Resources Group Inc. had lower earnings last year, and recorded a loss due to low prices for oil and natural gas.
The Fortune 500 company, based in Bismarck, earned $260.4 million in 2009, compared to $377.2 million in 2008, it reported Feb. 1. When a write down on the value [...]

Power Power Plants Energize Growth in Small Towns

Power Power Plants Energize Growth in Small Towns

North Dakotans recognize the importance of the energy industry in the Midwest. Paired with agriculture and small business, it’s a way of life in rural communities, where employment within the energy sector is critical to their stability, sustainability and future.
Both permanent workers and seasonal construction staff contribute to the dynamics of small towns. Certainly long-time [...]

Final government approval anticipated for tribally owned oil refinery

Final government approval anticipated for tribally owned oil refinery

After six years of trying, a proposed tribally-owned oil refinery on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation may be getting closer to reality.
The Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara (MHA) Nation proposes to construct a 15,000-barrel-per-day petroleum refinery on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation near the town of Makoti, N.D.
Horace Pipe, a consultant for the Three Affiliated Tribes and [...]


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