Wow: North Dakota's Oil Patch Traffic Fatality Rate Hasn't Increased From A Decade Ago
I went on a mission to track down data for traffic and fatality rates in North Dakota - particularly in...
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Two North Dakota Counties Could Be Counted As Second Largest Oil Producing State
Over at Million Dollar Way, Bruce Oksol has some fascinating figures posted for oil production in North Dakota. They were...
More Regulation Won't Fix A Flaring Problem That's Caused By Over Regulation
The federal Bureau of Land Management was in Dickinson this week holding a forum on flaring on the Forth Berthold...
USDOT Says Bakken Oil Shipments Are An "Imminent Threat," But Not Ethanol?
Yesterday I wrote a post about oil derailments and ethanol derailments, noting that fiery and explosive ethanol derailments in the...
It's Not An Oil Problem, It's A Rail Car Problem
A spate of often fiery and sometimes explosive oil train derailments in the US and Canada has turned into an...
Why Are We Blaming Oil For Train Derailments?
The headline above is a frustrating one to see. Train derailments are, of course, news. And given the spate of...
Bakken Hits 1 Billion Barrels Of Cumulative Production
Just got this press release from Continental Resources, Harold Hamm's company which is one of the biggest players in North...
Governor Jack Dalrymple: No Special Session
Governor Jack Dalrymple announced today that he will not call a special session of the state Legislature to address western...
Jay Almlie: Put Science Before Emotion On North Dakota's Radioactive Waste
Radioactive waste . . . NORM waste . . . “hot” filter socks . . . illegal dumping . ....
Strict Regulations Share Some Blame For Radioactive Waste Dumping In North Dakota
"Radioactive Waste Is North Dakota's New Shale Problem" That's what the Wall Street Journal is reporting in a front-page story, referring...
