Features 
Oil purification system generates buzz
There’s nothing unusual about the afternoon–chilly winter days are practically dime a dozen in North Dakota, after all–but there is something unique about how Doug Mickelson is spending it: he’s getting an oil change. It’s not your average oil, though, that’s going into Mickelson’s car; the Horace resident has brought his oil from home, fresh [...]
Dorgan wants deposit below Bakken studied
By JAMES MacPHERSON
Associated Press Writer
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Government scientists should try to find out how much crude can be recovered from a promising reservoir beneath North Dakota’s already prolific oil patch, Sen. Byron Dorgan says. The U.S. Geological Survey says a study now would be premature.
The Three Forks-Sanish formation is made up of sand [...]
Tests for oil planned near turtle mountains
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — An area near the Turtle Mountains in Bottineau County may be the next oil hot spot, the state’s mineral resources director says.
Lynn Helms said tests are planned in the next few months.
“We’re going to run some tests in some wells this winter and over this next year. We think there’s a [...]
November Industry Updates
Christianson to be director of Great Plains Energy Corridor
Former state Department of Commerce employee Kim Christianson was named director of the Great Plains Energy Corridor in September. His office is in the new Bismarck State College Center for Energy Excellence building on campus. The idea behind the corridor concept is to centralize information for [...]