Department Information
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8 am - 12 pm and 1 pm - 5 pm
Surface and Mineral Owner Resources
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Phone Numbers:
Geological Survey Phone: (701) 328-8000
Geological Survey Fax: (701) 328-8010
Oil and Gas Division Phone: (701) 328-8020
Oil and Gas Division Fax: (701) 328-8022
For the communication impaired use Relay North Dakota
1-800-366-6888 (TTY)
1-800-366-6889 (VOICE)
Street Address: 1016 E Calgary Ave., Bismarck, ND 58503 |
Mailing Address: 600 E Boulevard Ave., Bismarck, ND 58505-0840 |
North Dakota Oil and Gas Division
Bismarck Office
Mailing Address: 600 E Boulevard Ave., Dept. 405 Bismarck, ND 58503 |
Office Address: 1016 E Calgary Ave Bismarck, ND 58503 |
Phone: (701) 328-8020 |
Fax: (701) 328-8022 |
Email: oilandgasinfo@nd.gov |
Office Hours: Monday - Friday; 8 am-5 pm (Closed 12 noon-1 pm Daily) |
Lynn Helms, Ph.D. | Director of Mineral Resources |
Bruce Hicks | Petroleum Resource Assistant Director Oil and Gas |
Allen Christensen | Production Auditing and Gas Measurement Supervisor |
Ashleigh Day | Petroleum Engineer - UIC Supervisor |
Bethany Kadrmas | Legal Assistant |
Brandi Schafer | Engineering Tech UIC Permitting & Treating Plant |
Brendan VanEckhout | Developer |
Brock Wahl | GIS Technician |
Christy Davis | Oil and Gas Production Analyst |
Cody VanderBusch | Reclamation Specialist |
Dan Jacobsen | Info Technology Admin |
Daniel Kuchar | Engineering Technician - Permitting |
David Tabor | Field Supervisor |
Dawn Marquardt | Engineering Technician - Permitting |
Derrick Lindemann | Oil and Gas Meter Systems Specialist |
Donna Schmidt | Account Budget Specialist II |
Emma Neigum | Engineering Technician - Logs and Surveys |
Evan Romuld | Reclamation Specialist |
Jackie Espy | Office Assistant |
Jared Thune | Petroleum Engineer |
Jeanette Bean | Human Resources Technician II |
Jess Koch | Administrative Assist I - Pipelines Program |
Jessica Petrick | Public Information Officer II |
Kevin Bean | StoreKeeper I |
Mark Bohrer | UIC Manager and Treating Plant Manager |
Mark Miller | Engineering Technician - Logs and Surveys |
Melissa Herz | Production Analyst |
Michael Ziesch | Engineering, Geology, and IT Support Staff Officer |
Nathan Kirby | Data Design Analyst / RBDMS |
Nathaniel Erbele | Petroleum Engineer - Permitting |
Noelyn Meckle | Safety Officer |
Rachel Morris | Administrative Assistant II - Bonding |
Randy Schiermeister | Programmer Analyst II |
Reyne Kadrmas | Office Assistant |
Rhonda Fisher | Engineering Technician-Directional Surveys |
Richard Suggs | Petroleum Resource Geologic Analyst |
Robyn Loumer | Accounting Manager I |
Sandra Splonskowski | Production Temp |
Sara Forsberg | Administrative Assistant |
Tamara Madche | Petroleum Resource Geologic Analyst |
TBD | Pipeline Supervisor |
TBD | Petroleum Resource Geologic Analyst |
Todd L. Holweger | Permit Manager/Geophysical Supervisor |
Trudi Hogue | Account Budget Specialist I |
Tyler Haugen | Engineering Technician - GIS Pipelines Program |
North Dakota Oil and Gas Division
Dickinson Field Office
Office Address: 926 E Industrial Drive Dickinson, North Dakota 58601 |
Phone: (701) 227-7436 |
Office Hours: Call for appointment, staff may be in field. |
Nicole Ewoniuk | District Supervisor |
Austin Karsky | Field Inspector |
Clark Shackelford | Field Technician |
Doug Dolyniuk | Field Inspector |
Jason Roshau | Field Technician |
Kelly Kadrmas | Pipeline Technician |
Monica Bleess | Field Inspector |
Nicholas Stroh | Pipeline Technician |
Richard Haverland | Field Inspector |
Tasha Jensen | Field Inspector |
Tom Torstenson | Seismic Field Inspector |
North Dakota Oil and Gas Division
Minot Field Office
Office Address: 7 3rd Street SE, Suite 107 Minot, North Dakota 58701 |
Phone: (701) 857-7646 |
Office Hours: Call for an appointment; staff may be in the field. |
Scott Dihle | District Supervisor |
Alan Clark | Field Technician |
Calob Werre | Field Inspector |
Dan Wigen | Field Technician |
Dylan Roach | Pipeline Technician |
Jaden Holweger | Pipeline Technician |
Jason Hicks | Field Inspector |
Jim Potts | Field Inspector |
Lisa Tonneson | Field Technician |
Mark Ritzke | Field Technician |
Scott Ladner | Field Inspector |
North Dakota Oil and Gas Division
Williston Field Office
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Gunther Harms | District Supervisor |
Charles Chappell | Field Technician |
Jessica Gilkey | Field Inspector |
Marc Binns | Field Inspector |
Mandy Olson | Field Inspector |
Patrick Merritt | Engineering Technician |
Richard Dunn | Field Inspector |
Richard Ryan | Pipeline Technician |
Rob Stafford | Field Inspector |
Robert McDonnell | Pipeline Technician |
William Ryan | Field Technician |
North Dakota Geological Survey
Mailing Address: 600 E Boulevard Ave., Dept. 405 Bismarck, ND 58505 |
Office Address: 1016 E Calgary Ave Bismarck, ND 58505 |
Phone: (701) 328-8000 |
Fax: (701) 328-8010 |
For the communication impaired use Relay North Dakota 1-800-366-6888 (TTY) 1-800-366-6889 (VOICE) |
Office Hours: Monday - Friday; 8am-5pm (Closed 12noon-1pm Daily) |
Lynn D. Helms | Director of Mineral Resources |
Edward C. Murphy | North Dakota State Geologist |
Benjamin York | Geologist |
Becky Barnes | Paleontologist |
Christopher Maike | Geologist |
Clint Boyd | Paleontologist |
Donna Bauer | Publications and Maps |
Fred Anderson | Geologist |
Jeff Person | Paleontologist |
Ken Urlacher | Drafting Technician |
Levi Moxness | Geologist |
Marina Gasser | Administrative Assistant |
Navin Thapa | GIS Specialist |
Ned Kruger | Geologist (Non-fuel Minerals, Coal Exploration, UIC Class III) |
Travis Stolldorf | Geologist (Subsurface Geology & Mapping) |
North Dakota Geological Survey
Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library
Address:
2835 Campus Road
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8156
Phone: (701) 777-2231 |
Email: corelab@nd.gov |
For the communication impaired use Relay North Dakota 1-800-366-6888 (TTY) 1-800-366-6889 (VOICE) |
Office Hours: Monday - Friday; 8am-5pm (Closed 12noon-1pm Daily) |
Edward Starns | Geologist |
Jonathan LaBonte | Lab Technician |
Kent Hollands | Eng Tech | Field Inspector |
Tim Nesheim | Geologist |
Department Background
The Legislature created the Industrial Commission of North Dakota in 1919 to conduct and manage, on behalf of the State, certain utilities, industries, enterprises, and business projects established by state law. The North Dakota Industrial Commission is made up of the following:
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Governor Doug Burgum
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Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley
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Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring
The Industrial Commission has jurisdiction over oil and gas resources, the investigation and publication of geological information, and the regulation of coal exploration, geophysical exploration, geothermal energy, paleontology resources, subsurface minerals, geophysical exploration, underground storage and retrieval of nonhydrocarbons, high-level radioactive waste disposal, and carbon dioxide underground storage in North Dakota through the Department of Mineral Resources Geological Survey and Oil and Gas Division.
The Industrial Commission appoints the Director of the Department of Mineral Resources, who serves as Director of the Oil and Gas Division, and Assistant Director of the Oil and Gas Division and appoints the State Geologist.
1895 - Geological Survey
The North Dakota Geological Survey and the position of State Geologist were created by an act of the North Dakota Legislature in 1895, six years after statehood. During the first half of the 20th Century, the NDGS focused its studies on the coal and clay resources of North Dakota. With the discovery of oil near Tioga in 1951, the NDGS grew rapidly to both research the geology of the petroleum-bearing formations and regulate the exploration, and production of the resource. The Department of Mineral Resources offices is located in Bismarck. The NDGS also operates the Johnsrud Paleontology Laboratory and the Geologic Time Gallery in the North Dakota Heritage Center as well as the recently expanded Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library located on the campus of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.
1981 - Oil and Gas Division
The Oil and Gas Division was established by the 1981 Legislature to assume the oil and gas regulatory duties of the NDGS. In 1989 the State Legislature moved the NDGS from the jurisdiction of the Board of Higher Education to the Industrial Commission. Regulation of geophysical exploration was added to the duties of the Oil and Gas Division on July 1, 1997. Regulation of underground gathering pipelines was added to the duties of the Oil and Gas Division on July 1, 2013. The Oil and Gas Division was approved by the EPA for primacy over Class VI injection wells on April 24, 2018. The Oil and Gas Division operates field offices in Williston, Dickinson, and Minot.
2005 - Department of Mineral Resources
The 2003 (58th) Legislature passed an amended Industrial Commission appropriations bill, calling for a merger of the NDGS and the Oil and Gas Division to be accomplished by July 1, 2005. On July 1, 2005, legislation passed during the 2005 (59th) Legislative Session placed the NDGS and the Oil and Gas Division into the newly created Department of Mineral Resources.