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    July 18, 2017
    Gov. Doug Burgum leads a meeting of the North Dakota Industrial Commission, which regulates the oil and gas industry, at the state Capitol on Tuesday, July 18, in Bismarck. Earlier Tuesday at the Bakken conference at the Event Center, Burgum issued challenges to the oil industry, including striving for zero spills and reaching 2 million barrels per day. Mike McCleary / Bismarck Tribune
    Burgum challenges oil industry to eliminate spills, increase production
    BISMARCK — Gov. Doug Burgum issued a challenge Tuesday, July 18, to the North Dakota oil industry: Eliminate spills while doubling production...
    NewsJuly 18, 2017 - 8:35pm
    June 22, 2017
    Outside the North Dakota Supreme Court chambers. John Hageman / Forum News Service
    Oilfield company fights illegal dumping fine at ND Supreme Court
    BISMARCK — A trucking company that illegally dumped oilfield waste on a northwest North Dakota road in 2014 continues to contest a $950,000...
    NewsJune 22, 2017 - 5:30pm
    May 26, 2017
    Recession or recovery? Economists say ND may be at turning point
    GRAND FORKS — It's still an applicant's market when it comes to jobs in North Dakota. Despite continued challenges to the state's leading...
    NewsMay 26, 2017 - 11:28pm
    May 17, 2017
    Rob Lindberg, director of Bakken Backers, a coalition formed about five years ago and comprised of businesses, leaders, workers and citizens who support North Dakota's oil and gas industry. Photo from Minot Daily News
    Oil Patch making a comeback, Bakken Backers say
    MINOT, N.D. — An increase in activity in North Dakota's oil patch is bringing optimism back to the area. "After 2014 we had a tough couple...
    NewsMay 17, 2017 - 8:52am
    April 1, 2017
    The entry sign to the Van Hook Recreation site gives a quick look at the services available at the most popular boat ramp access points anywhere on Lake Sakakawea. The site is managed by the Mountrail County Park Board, under lease from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Lauren Donovan / Bismarck Tribune
    Van Hook braces for drilling
    VAN HOOK, N.D. — A fleet of earth-moving equipment rumbles across the black dirt at a multi-well oil pad very near Lake Sakakawea's busiest...
    NewsApril 1, 2017 - 4:24pm
    January 7, 2017
    Joseph Kostelecky, shown here in May 2012, is accused of falsely inflating company revenues by tens of millions of dollars and has been indicted on felony fraud charges. LAUREN DONOVAN/BISMARCK TRIBUNE
    Former oilfield exec indicted on wire fraud charges
    BISMARCK — A former oilfield executive is accused of falsely inflating company revenues by tens of millions of dollars and has been indicted...
    News/stateJanuary 7, 2017 - 6:58am
    December 30, 2016
    Oil companies hiring fracking crews in Bakken
    WILLISTON, N.D. — Oil companies are hiring in the Bakken, and more jobs are expected to open up next year. Job Service North Dakota announced six oil companies are looking for workers to man fracking crews in the new year, said Cindy Sanford, customer service office manager of Job...
    News/stateDecember 30, 2016 - 8:00am
    October 20, 2016
    Spill reported at well site without berm
    NEW TOWN, N.D. - A brine spill that affected a coulee and contaminated cropland this week may have been minimized if the site had a perimeter berm as proposed by the North Dakota Industrial Commission, a health official said Wednesday, Oct. 19.The North Dakota Department of Health...
    News/stateOctober 20, 2016 - 6:52am
    September 24, 2016
    RockPile Energy Services, which employees around 200 people in North Dakota, has been bought out by White Deer Energy. However, it won't change its name and is expanding. (Dustin Monke / The Dickinson Press)
    RockPile gets bought out, expands
    DICKINSON, N.D.—One of Dickinson's biggest oilfield employers has been bought out, but little is changing. It's even expanding. RockPile...
    News/stateSeptember 24, 2016 - 6:19am
    September 14, 2016
    Dickinson cracks down on overweight trucks to save roads
    DICKINSON, N.D. — The city of Dickinson has collected more than $83,000 in fines from overweight trucks since the beginning of the year, according to the Dickinson Municipal Court records. This amount is an increase from last year, when the city collected $56,590, though part of...
    News/stateSeptember 14, 2016 - 7:01am
    August 31, 2016
    Chad Schoch, of New England, was awarded a $5,000 Bakken U scholarship from the North Dakota University System Foundation. (Submitted Photo)
    Oilfield worker earns scholarship to continue education
    BISMARCK—Chad Schoch thought he'd work in the North Dakota oilfields for two years, at most. He wanted to roughneck, make and save money,...
    community/educationAugust 31, 2016 - 6:37am
    August 10, 2016
    Susan Perry of Alexander, N.D., voices her concerns to the State Health Council about allowing disposal of oilfield waste with higher levels of radioactivity on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, at the State Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. Photo by Mike Nowatzki / Forum News Service
    In heated do-over meeting, N.D. Health Council ratifies rules for radioactive oilfield waste
    BISMARCK — Opponents of new rules that allow for disposal of oilfield waste with higher levels of radioactivity in North Dakota made emotional...
    News/stateAugust 10, 2016 - 6:31am
    July 19, 2016
    U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., left, shows U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo a piece of Bakken shale during a meeting about energy commodity markets on Monday morning at the Public Safety Center in Dickinson. (Dustin Monke / Forum News Service)
    Federal commodities regulator believes American oil industry able to wait for prices to improve
    DICKINSON, N.D.—One of the nation's leading commodities market regulators said Monday he's confident the American energy industry can remain...
    News/stateJuly 19, 2016 - 5:00am
    July 2, 2016
    Dakota Prairie Refinery sale not affecting Davis Refinery
    BELFIELD—The company trying to build an oil refinery just three miles from Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Billings County isn't slowing down its efforts, even after the Dakota Prairie Refinery sold at a loss earlier this week. Thomas Johnson, chief operating officer of...
    News/stateJuly 2, 2016 - 6:48am
    June 30, 2016
    Murder charges filed against Beach man
    BEACH, N.D.—A Beach man has been charged with murdering another man three weeks after he allegedly shot him in the head. Though details...
    News/stateJune 30, 2016 - 6:39am
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