Industry News

Pipeline Bill Passes

Posted 3/22/13 (Fri) read more »

Draft EPA Guidance for permitting hydraulic fracturing using diesel fuel published

Posted 8/15/12 (Wed) read more »

Draft BLM regulations for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands published in Federal Register

Posted 8/07/12 (Tue) read more »

Extra caution needed during harvest season

Posted 8/07/12 (Tue) read more »

NDPC to host Teacher Seminar June 11-14

Posted 6/25/12 (Mon) read more »

Sandstrom joins Petroleum Council

Posted 6/25/12 (Mon) read more »

Industrial Commission OKs rule changes governing oil industry

The North Dakota Industrial Commission today approved rule changes that increase oversight of the oil development industry, provide for greater transparency over the drilling process and enhance environmental protections.

Posted 2/28/12 (Tue) read more »

Meeting the challenges of a growing industry

For generations, North Dakotans have been seeking to grow and diversify this state’s economy, create more good paying jobs and retain our young people. Today, thanks in large part to the development of the Bakken oil reserves, we are beginning to realize our dream of making North Dakota an economic powerhouse and providing a brighter future for ourselves and our children.

Posted 2/28/12 (Tue) read more »

Industry donates more than $3.5 million to flood relief

Throughout the past few months, members of the North Dakota Petroleum Council have donated more than $3.5 million in financial and in-kind contributions to flood relief efforts across the state of North Dakota.

Posted 11/03/11 (Thu) read more »

Oil industry spending over $3 billion to capture natural gas

The Bakken is an enormous resource for North Dakota with a potential productive area of nearly 15,000 square miles, covering lands in a dozen or more counties. Putting this into perspective, never before in the United States has an oil field of this size been developed.

Posted 10/19/11 (Wed) read more »