Department Information
Street Address:
1016 E Calgary Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58503
Mailing Address:
600 E Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 474
Bismarck, ND 58505-0614
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
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North Dakota Oil and Gas Division
Bismarck Office
Office Address:
1016 E Calgary Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58503
Mailing Address:
600 E Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 474
Bismarck, ND 58505-0614
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)
Nathan Anderson | Director of Mineral Resources |
Mark Bohrer | Assistant Director Oil and Gas Division |
Allen Christensen | Production Auditing and Gas Measurement Supervisor |
Vacant | Office Assistant |
Ashleigh Thiel | UIC & Treating Plant Manager |
Brandi Schafer | Engineering Technician - UIC Permitting & Treating Plant |
Bridget Owusu Barnie | Public Information Specialist |
Brigett Savenko | Engineering Technician - Logs and Surveys |
Brock Wahl | GIS Technician |
Caleb Albertson | Petroleum Engineer |
Christy Davis | Oil and Gas Production Analyst |
Cody VanderBusch | Reclamation Specialist |
Vacant | Info Technology Admin |
Daniel Kuchar | Engineering Technician - Permitting |
David Tabor | Field Supervisor |
Derrick Lindemann | Oil and Gas Meter Systems Specialist |
Donna Schmidt | Account Budget Specialist II |
Emma Neigum | Engineering Technician - Permitting |
Evan Romuld | Pipeline Supervisor |
Jared Thune | Petroleum Engineer-UIC Supervisor |
Jeanette Bean | Human Resources Technician II |
Jess Koch | Administrative Assistant I - Pipelines Program |
Jordan Schneider | Engineering Technician - GIS Pipelines Program |
Kallie Rohrich | Administrative Assistant IV - Legal |
Kevin Bean | StoreKeeper I |
Mark Miller | Engineering Technician - Logs and Surveys |
Mark Stumpf | Petroleum Engineer / Reclamation Specialist |
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 Whitney | Administrative Assistant II - Bonding |
Randy Schiermeister | Programmer Analyst II |
Rhonda Fisher | Engineering Technician - Directional Surveys |
Richard Stockert | Programmer/Analyst |
Richard Suggs | Petroleum Resource Geologic Analyst |
Robyn Loumer | Accounting Manager I |
Ross Edison | Petroleum Resource Geologic Analyst |
Sara Forsberg | Legal Assistant |
Stephen Fried | Petroleum Engineer |
Tamara Madche | Petroleum Resource Geologic Analyst |
Todd L. Holweger | Permit Manager / Geophysical Supervisor |
Travis Stolldorf | Petroleum Resource Geologic Analyst |
Trudi Hogue | Account Budget Specialist I |
Veronica Hoffert | Office Assistant II |
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 an appointment,
staff may be in the field.
Nicole Ewoniuk | District Supervisor |
Austin Karsky | Field Inspector |
Clark Shackelford | Field Inspector |
Doug Dolyniuk | Field Inspector |
Jason Roshau | Field Technician |
Karl Davis | Field Technician |
Kelly Kadrmas | Pipeline Technician |
Monica Bleess | Field Inspector |
Nicholas Stroh | Pipeline Technician |
Steven Ray | 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 |
Brady Carpenter | Engineering Technician |
Calob Werre | Field Inspector |
Dan Wigen | Field Technician |
Darrin Belcourt | Engineering Technician |
Dylan Roach | Field Inspector |
Jason Hicks | Field Inspector |
Joshua Burgett | Engineering Technician |
Lisa Tonneson | Field Technician |
Marc Ritzke | Field Technician |
Scott Ladner | Field Inspector |
North Dakota Oil and Gas Division
Williston Field Office
Office Address:
2112 4th Avenue W, Suite 101
Williston, ND 58801
Mailing Address:
PO Box 11450
Williston, ND 58803
Phone: (701) 774-4380
Office Hours:
Call for an appointment;
Staff may be in the field.
Gunther Harms | District Supervisor |
Carrie Bolstad | Field Technician |
Charles Chappell | Field Technician |
Jessica Gilkey | Field Inspector |
Marc Binns | Field Inspector |
Patrick Merritt | Field Technician |
Richard Ryan | Pipeline Technician |
Robert McDonnell | Pipeline Technician |
Robert Stafford | Field Inspector |
Tayden Jacobson | Field Inspector |
William Harbolt | Field Inspector |
William Ryan | Field Inspector |
North Dakota Geological Survey
Office Address:
1016 E Calgary Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58503
Mailing Address:
600 E Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 474
Bismarck, ND 58505-0614
Phone: (701) 328-8000
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8am-5pm
(Closed 12noon-1pm Daily)
Edward C. Murphy | North Dakota State Geologist |
Adam Chumley | Geologist |
Benjamin York | Geologist |
Christopher Maike | Geologist |
Fred Anderson | Geologist |
Ismail Faruqi | Subsurface Geologist |
Ken Urlacher | Drafting Technician |
Levi Moxness | Geologist |
Marina Gasser | Administrative Assistant |
Navin Thapa | GIS Specialist |
Ned Kruger | Geologist (Non-fuel Minerals, Coal Exploration, UIC III) |
North Dakota Geological Survey
North Dakota Heritage Center
Address:
612 East Boulevard Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58505
Phone: (701) 328-2666
Email: NDGSPaleo@nd.gov
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8am-5pm
(Closed 12noon-1pm Daily)
Becky Barnes | Paleontologist |
Cathy Lash | Paleontologist / Fossil Technician |
Clint Boyd | Paleontologist |
Jeff Person | Paleontologist |
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
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8am-5pm
(Closed 12noon-1pm Daily)
Edward (Ted) Starns | Subsurface Geologist |
Jonathan LaBonte | Lab Technician |
Kent Hollands | Engineering Technician |
Steve Chittick | Subsurface Geologist |
Tim Nesheim | Subsurface Geologist / Core Library Manager |
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:
Governor Doug Burgum
Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley
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), the Assistant Director of the Oil and Gas Division, and 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 office 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 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.