oil

Rob Port February 22, 2013 51

Earlier in the legislative session North Dakota Democrats rushed to the floor of the state House to pull a couple...

Rob Port February 21, 2013 17

Any time rising gas prices become a story, and the media loves to make it a story, the gas price...

Rob Port February 19, 2013 10

For those of us living in or near the oil patch, watching as hotel after hotel is built has become...

Rob Port February 15, 2013 20

The Battle of Killdeer Mountain was a conflict between the US military and Sioux tribes in western North Dakota. It's...

Rob Port February 13, 2013 15

We've all seen the satellite pictures of the Bakken oil fields lit up nearly as bright as urban centers like...

Rob Port February 12, 2013 15

The 2007 U.S. energy bill mandated that a total of 15 billion gallons of renewable ethanol must be produced by...

Rob Port February 12, 2013 9

Today the North Dakota House and Senate appropriations committees are holding a joint session to discuss the state's new budget...

Rob Port February 12, 2013 12

I don't think anyone likes flaring, which is the burning off of natural gas from oil wells (right now 30%...

Rob Port February 12, 2013 8

A review of North Dakota history would show that our legislature is at its best when it gives birth to...

Rob Port February 11, 2013 9

I wrote last week about Army Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha, currently an oil worker in North Dakota's Bakken formation, being...