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By Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor, northdakotamonitor.com WATFORD CITY, ND – North Dakota oil and gas companies have new economic allies in the form of a tech industry "desperate" to find energy sources to fuel the growth of artificial intelligence, Gov. Kelly Armstrong said. The governor, asked during the North Dakota Petroleum Council's annual meeting about the value of artificial intelligence to the state, said "it is changing the dynamic" in a way that isn't often discussed. The d...
Watford City, ND – The North Dakota Petroleum Council (NDPC) will hold its 44th annual meeting at the Rough Rider Center, 2209 Wolves Den Parkway, in Watford City on Sept. 17-18. The meeting will feature industry experts sharing the latest updates on the oil and natural gas industry. More than 300 individuals have already registered, and attendance is projected to surpass 400 again this year. The agenda at this year’s annual meeting focuses on technology, energy innovation, workforce, and the future of the Bakken. The amazing agenda sho...
The North Dakota Petroleum Council's (NDCP) annual meeting is happening in Watford City this year, Sept. 16-18. Gather together with industry leaders, policy makers and colleagues for insightful discussions and networking opportunities at the Rough Rider Center, 2209 Wolves Den Parkway. Tuesday, Sept. 16, check-in and registration plus a Welcome Social will be held 5-7 p.m. CT. Wednesday, Sept. 17, breakfast is served during check-in and registration at 8:30 a.m. before opening remarks are made...
Cami Koons, northdakotamonitor.com Summit Carbon Solutions has a new CEO, Joe Griffin, who authored letters this week to signed and unsigned landowners along the carbon pipeline project route. Two versions of the letter, one dated Aug. 4 and the other dated Aug. 5, noted the company would be announcing "several updates" that would "open new markets and create greater opportunities for the region." The letters also note Summit has a new senior leadership team. The version addressed to landowners...
One of North Dakota's most impactful career exploration programs is entering a new era, with a refreshed identity and leadership. The long-standing T4 Program (Tools, Trades, Torque and Tech) will now operate under the name North Dakota Energy Education, signaling a broadened mission to engage and inspire the next generation of the state's energy workforce. The rebranded program will continue hosting its well-known T4 Summits during the 2025–2026 school year, now under the direction of newly h...
A five-week hybrid training program designed for individuals seeking entry-level skills for a career as an oil and gas operator will be returning to our community. This program run by Bismarck State College will start on Aug.18 It consists of 100 total hours of training: 52 hours of online self-paced learning, structured with built-in assessments and required competencies. Then there will be 48 hours of in-person instruction, conducted during Weeks 2-5 at the Bakken Area Skills Center Facility in Watford City, with dedicated learning lab days...
A five-week hybrid training program designed for individuals seeking entry-level skills for a career as an oil and gas operator will be returning to our community. This program run by Bismarck State College will start on Aug.18 It consists of 100 total hours of training: 52 hours of online self-paced learning, structured with built-in assessments and required competencies. Then there will be 48 hours of in-person instruction, conducted during Weeks 2-5 at the Bakken Area Skills Center Facility in Watford City, with dedicated learning lab days...
A unique opportunity was brought to Richland County June 23-27, with the Savage Montana Petroleum Resources Workshop for Teachers, which invited teachers in the Northeastern Administration to a week of presentations, tours, classes, hands-on activities, and games. The inspiration to bring this workshop to the area came from Martha Potter, Savage School superintendent, after she attended the workshop in Billings two years ago. "Oil has made a huge difference in our community," Potter said. "Many...
ConocoPhillips gave McKenzie Health, Watford City, a helping hand in providing the community and area with top-notch cancer care, April 24. Lynn Welker-Fevold, McKenzie Health Benefit Fund president, shared this: "ConocoPhillips generously provided a $45,000 grant to be placed toward oncology equipment. We feel extremely grateful that they support our local healthcare initiatives, especially one of this magnitude. We have kicked off a $750,000 capital campaign for a new Cancer Center. The grant...
North Dakota Petroleum Council (NDPC) members are invited to attend the Medora June 25 Panel: Powering Freedom, with panel members North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong, Bonnie Glick and Jonathan Tobin. Ron Ness, NDPC president, will be presiding over the discussion “Bakken Oil and America’s Role in Global Energy Security”. The discussion, highlighting how the North Dakota Bakken shale oil production affects geopolitics and strengthens America’s global standing and international relatio...
Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor, northdakotamonitor.com WEST FARGO, ND — The demand for jet fuel is going up. The demand for gasoline is going down. That’s the simple explanation from Chris Ryan, the president and chief operating officer of Gevo, on why the company plans to add a sustainable aviation fuel plant to the corn-based ethanol plant it purchased at Richardton in southwest North Dakota. Ryan said the low-carbon jet fuel won’t come cheap – throwing out a ballpark figure of $500 million for a potential project still years down the road....
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, May 4, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As per MRFR analysis, the Well Completion Market Size was estimated at 39.25 (USD Billion) in 2022. The Well Completion Market Industry is expected to grow from 40.21 (USD Billion) in 2023 to 50.0 (USD Billion) by 2032. The Well Completion Market CAGR (growth rate) is expected to be around 2.45% during the forecast period (2024 - 2032). The well completion market plays a critical role in the global oil and gas sector, directly...
March 31 marked the end of the winter moratorium in Montana, which is that period of time when regulated utility companies need to first obtain approval from the Public Service Commission before disconnecting a customer’s natural gas or electricity account for non-pay. With the end of the moratorium, many Montanans need some help catching up on that winter energy bill. There are two main sources of home energy assistance in Montana: One is LIHEAP and the other is Energy Share. Montanans can apply for LIHEAP through April 30. LIHEAP is i...
By Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor, northdakotamonitor.com A Morton County jury on Wednesday ordered Greenpeace to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline, finding that the environmental group incited illegal behavior by anti-pipeline protesters and defamed the company. The nine-person jury delivered a verdict in favor of Energy Transfer on most counts, awarding more than $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer and Dakota Access LLC. The case cent...
Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor, northdakotamonitor.com An attorney representing the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline told a jury of Morton County residents on last Wednesday morning that Greenpeace was secretly behind the protests that halted its construction back in 2016. "They didn't think that there would ever be a day of reckoning, but that day of reckoning starts today," Trey Cox said in opening arguments for Energy Transfer's case against the environmental group. Energy...
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) has announced that its subsidiary, Hiland Partners Holdings LLC, closed on its previously announced $640 million acquisition of a natural gas gathering and processing system in North Dakota from Outrigger Energy II LLC. The acquisition includes a 270 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) processing facility and a 104-mile, large-diameter, high-pressure rich gas gathering header pipeline with 350 MMcf/d of capacity connecting supplies from the Williston Basin area to high-demand markets....
By Jeff Beach - North Dakota Monitor - https://northdakotamonitor.com North Dakota could see another $9 billion in oil tax revenue over 10 years if oil companies begin injecting carbon dioxide into oil wells on a large scale, an analysis released Tuesday shows. North Dakota Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus on Tuesday outlined the potential of carbon dioxide on oil production and tax revenue for the state Industrial Commission. Injecting a gas such as carbon dioxide into an oil well - a process...
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) is set to build a new natural gas-fueled generation facility in Williams County, North Dakota. The nearly $4 billion project, called the Bison Generation Station to be constructed near the town of Epping, will produce approximately 1,470 megawatts (MW) of electricity, one of the largest electric generation projects in the cooperative’s history. Comprising two units of roughly 700 MW each, the facility will help meet electric load growth in the region that stems from industrial work, m...
BISMARCK, ND – Nathan Anderson, North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources director, and Ed Murphy, North Dakota state geologist, announced the completion of a case study evaluating the middle Three Forks reservoir within the Bakken Petroleum System. The study results indicate that significant undeveloped oil resources remain in this reservoir across a portion of western North Dakota. Following the 2006 discovery of the Parshall Field in western North Dakota, oil and gas companies primarily targeted the Middle Bakken with horizontal wells. Th...
Calgary, Alberta (December 23, 2024) – Cerilon is pleased to announce that the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) has issued a North Dakota Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NDPDES) Permit for Cerilon GTL North Dakota. This is the final major permit required for the project. "We've designed the project with a focus on minimizing impacts on both the community and the environment and have worked hard to meet the State's high expectations. Receiving this final major perm...
HOUSTON, Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Gravity Oilfield Services Inc. ("Gravity" or the "company"), a growth-oriented water and power infrastructure company backed by affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. ("Clearlake"), announced today that it has agreed to sell its Gravity Water Midstream division to Delek Logistics Partners, LP (NYSE: DKL) ("Delek Logistics"). Gravity Water Midstream provides gathering, transportation, recycling, storage, and disposal solutions for produced water in the...
HOUSTON, Dec. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --Summit Midstream Corporation (NYSE: SMC) ("Summit", "SMC" or the "Company") announced that it and its wholly owned subsidiary, Summit Midstream Partners, LP (the "Partnership"), received shareholder approval and has completed the previously announced acquisition of Tall Oak Midstream Operating, LLC and its subsidiaries (collectively, "Tall Oak" or "Tall Oak Midstream III") from an affiliate of Tailwater Capital LLC ("Tailwater Capital") for $155 million of...
Calgary, Alberta - Cerilon is pleased to announce that the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality - Division of Air Quality has issued a Permit to Construct for Cerilon GTL North Dakota. This milestone follows an extensive application review, solicitation of public comment and a public hearing held in Williston in November 2024. The State’s process thoroughly assessed the air quality aspects of the proposed facility and included independent modeling to determine compliance. “This permit is significant because it means our fac...
Amy Dalrymple, https://northdakotamonitor.com Heat from natural gas flares combined with high winds and dry vegetation caused two of the October wildfires in western North Dakota, according to the state fire marshal. Investigations into an Oct. 5 fire near Keene and a fire the same day near New Town found that both originated with flares at oil and gas wells next to agricultural land with stubble or dry grass, according to investigative reports. The McKenzie County fires occurred in the hours...
Amy Dalrymple - North Dakota Monitor - https://northdakotamonitor.com North Dakota's top oil regulator says companies voluntarily agreed to pump less oil to limit fire risk, with more production cuts possible if wildfire conditions worsen. Wildfires that began Saturday in North Dakota's oil-producing region have burned an estimated 110,000 acres as of Thursday. Causes of the fires are under investigation. Oil activity has not been linked to the fires, but oil regulators have been part of the...
