Department of Mineral Resources, North Dakota

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Oil and Gas Regulation

Regulates the drilling and production of oil and natural gas in North Dakota in a manner that will realize the greatest possible good from our state's vital natural resources.

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Geological Survey

The primary source of geological information in the state. Publishes maps and reports on the mineralogical, paleontological, and geochemical resources of North Dakota.

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Paleontology

The Paleontology Department manages the public fossil dig program, collections database, and provides both scientific and educational resources about our great state's fossils.

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Pipeline Authority - provides data analytics and production forecasting for the transportation and processing industry.

Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) - develops new technologies and practical solutions to critical energy challenges. 

Unified Spill Reporting System - spill reporting 

Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) - contact for North Dakota’s air, land, and water resources.

Fraq Focus - data and resources regarding hydraulic fracturing.

Public Service Commission - statutory authority over gas pipeline safety.

ND Mediation Services - mediation services are available to address many energy development-related issues.

ND Labor Market Information - View ND Job Service Labor Market Information's latest Oil & Gas Economy Report

Nathan Anderson, Director, Oil & Gas Division

Nathan D. Anderson

Director, Department of Mineral Resources

Nathan is a native of Minot, North Dakota, and received a BS in Geology from North Dakota State University. Nathan has over 25 years of engineering, land, environmental, health, safety, asset development and operations experience in the oil & gas industry. In 2004, Nathan joined PDC Energy, leading and serving in varying roles of increasing responsibility and most recently as Senior Asset Director overseeing the company’s west Texas assets prior to the acquisition of Chevron. Nathan has worked on industry projects and assets throughout the United States, including North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, New Mexico, Michigan, Colorado, Kansas and Ohio. Nathan joined the team at the Department of Mineral Resources in September 2024.

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Mark F. Bohrer

Assistant Director, Oil and Gas Division

Mark Bohrer has been with the NDIC Oil and Gas Division since April 1986. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geological Engineering and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from the University of North Dakota. Mark has been involved with the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program since 1991. Mark currently serves as Assistant Director of the Oil and Gas Division.

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Clint A. Boyd, PhD

State Geologist, Geological Survey

Dr. Clint Boyd earned his undergraduate degrees in biology and geology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he gained substantial laboratory experience as well as extensive field experience through expeditions in Montana, Wyoming, and British Columbia. He completed his graduate studies at the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin, focusing his research on ornithischian dinosaurs while spending his summers collecting Eocene and Oligocene mammal fossils in Badlands National Park. After receiving his PhD in 2012, Dr. Boyd served as a postdoctoral fellow at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. In 2015, he joined the North Dakota Geological Survey as the Paleontology Section Manager.