News
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas DivisionThe Department of Mineral Resources has established the Bakken Restart Task Force to facilitate rapid recovery of the oil and gas industry and supporting sectors impacted by COVID-related demand shock.
Monday, April 13, 2020
Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas DivisionThe North Dakota Oil and Gas Division has launched “North Dakota Oil and Gas,” a podcast which includes the Division’s monthly “Director’s Cut” in a easily accessible and modern platform for North Dakota citizens.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas DivisionThe Department of Mineral Resources was directed today by the North Dakota Industrial Commission to immediately reinstate guidelines that promote the prevention of waste of the state’s natural resources of oil and gas during the current economic climate. The Not Completed Well Waiver guidelines allow operators to apply for Not Completed Well Status.
Monday, March 9, 2020
Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas DivisionDirector of North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, Lynn Helms, issued the below statements today following an oil price drop of more than 20% between Friday March 6th and Monday, March 9th. Over the weekend the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil was down as much as a 34%, one of the largest price drops in decades.
Friday, July 13, 2018
Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas DivisionNorth Dakota has reached new records in both oil and gas production. May preliminary data released by the Oil and Gas Division indicates North Dakota is now producing 1,244,629 barrels of oil per day -an increase of 17,146 barrels from the last record set in December 2014.
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas DivisionTuesday, April 18, 2017
Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas DivisionGovernor Doug Burgum last week signed House Bill 1347 into law to continue appropriations from the state’s Abandoned Oil and Gas Well Plugging Site Reclamation Fund (AWPSRF).
Monday, April 3, 2017
Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Geological Survey, Paleo/FossilFormer Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library manager Julie LeFever was honored Sunday by the American Association of Professional Geologists (AAPG) with the Robert R. Berg Outstanding Research Award. LeFever passed away in December of 2016 after a long illness.
Monday, December 5, 2016
Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas DivisionThe final pieces of proposed rule changes regulating the oil and gas industry were today unanimously approved by the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Committee (ARC).
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas DivisionDirector of Mineral Resources, Lynn Helms today addressed the North Dakota Association of Oil and Gas and Coal Producing Counties (NDAOGCPC) and provided his forecast for future growth in western North Dakota.