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Rob Port October 7, 2015 0

Oil prices are down, oil and gas development has slowed, and oil workers are leaving the state. The latest unemployment...

Rob Port October 6, 2015 0

"Oil bust saps U.S. students' enthusiasm for petroleum degrees," was the headline from Reuters last week. "Enrollment in U.S. petroleum...

Rob Port September 30, 2015 0

Back in 2013 I asked this question: "Should the rapid housing development in North Dakota, and the state government’s efforts...

Rob Port September 28, 2015 0

It is an unfortunate truth about journalism that positive stories generally aren't considered all that newsy. Thus it is that...

Rob Port September 16, 2015 0

As North Dakotans, we are all familiar with the adage that our great state has just two seasons: winter and...

Rob Port September 8, 2015 0

"An analysis of data from leading oil- and gas-producing states found more than 180 million gallons of wastewater spilled from...

Rob Port September 2, 2015 0

Some news from Reuters illustrating the impact of declining oil prices on one of the communities at the epicenter of...

Rob Port August 31, 2015 0

Here's some good news. After a couple of years of problems with farmers unable to put their crops on overcrowded...

Rob Port August 27, 2015 0

Yesterday at a meeting of the North Dakota Industrial Commission - the regulatory triumvirate which oversees oil and gas development...

Rob Port August 24, 2015 0

“We’ve got people running around saying that it’s like a bomb on wheels,” Chauncey Naylor, director of training and fire...