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Published December 15, 2008, 12:00 AM

Coal county joins oil counties group

One of the main counties in North Dakota coal country is the newest member of the state’s oil patch. Mercer County has joined the North Dakota Association of Oil and Gas Producing Counties. It’s the 17th county to belong and the first new member in decades. Its first and only oil well is in the far western part of the county.

BEULAH, N.D. (AP) — One of the main counties in North Dakota coal country is the newest member of the state’s oil patch.

Mercer County has joined the North Dakota Association of Oil and Gas Producing Counties. It’s the 17th county to belong and the first new member in decades. Its first and only oil well is in the far western part of the county.

The county’s representative on the association is John Phillips, Beulah’s city planner. Phillips also is chairman of the Coal Conversion Counties group.

Phillips said there’s talk of merging the oil and gas counties association with the coal counties group.

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