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Five-Year Outlook: North Dakota Oil Production to Grow Steadily

On average, North Dakota oil production, which surged past the 1 million b/d mark earlier this year, will continue to grow steadily at a rate of about 18,000 b/d each month through 2019, according to a study completed in September for the state legislature. Read More

Anti-Flaring Sentiment Strong in the West, Poll Shows

A strong majority of potential voters in four western states support government mandates for oil/natural gas operators to greatly cut amounts of flared wellhead associated gas... Read More

Rail, Pipe Jostling to Continue in Bakken, Texas Energy Center Says

The competition between rail and pipelines for moving Bakken sweet light crude oil in North Dakota will continue to be brisk, driven by... Read More

ETP Holding Oil Pipeline Open Season in North Dakota

Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) is holding a binding open season for transportation service on the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline (ETCOP). Read More

MDU Still Pursuing North Dakota Gas Pipeline Plans

A unit of Bismarck, ND-based MDU Resources Group said Thursday it is making progress on two new natural gas pipelines, with each dependent on unrelated market developments, to serve the Williston Basin and Bakken/Three Forks shale production in North Dakota. Read More

Large Oil Transfer Site Proposed for North Dakota

Plans for a major Bakken crude oil transfer facility in North Dakota were unveiled Tuesday as a privately bankrolled venture in conjunction with Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). Construction is expected to begin later this year, and initial storage and loading service are expected to start in the second half of 2015. Read More

U.S. Silica Seeks to Buy a Texas Sand Producer

On a roll in the proppant industry, which has been expanding rapidly to support the North American shale boom, Frederick, MD-based U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. on Wednesday said it has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Voca, TX-based Cadre Services Inc., a regional sand mining company. Read More

South Dakota Project Testing State's Shale for Storage, Production

Drilling has begun near a small town in central South Dakota to develop shale core samples as part of a research project between the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and RESPEC, a Rapid City, SD-based engineering consulting company. Read More

Second Big Oil Pipe Proposed for Bakken to Gulf Coast

Further proof that the Bakken Shale boom continues to grow, a proposal for an interstate oil pipeline to the Gulf Coast was announced Wednesday by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP), less than 24 hours after a similar proposal was unveiled by Enterprise Products Partners LP at a state pipeline summit (see Shale Daily,June 24). Read More

Bakken Crude Rail Safety Exercise Draws Flack

More than 150 local, state and federal representatives from 20 agencies and first responders conducted a tabletop crude oil rail emergency exercise in North Dakota earlier this month. It involved testing how the various segments would handle a derailment and explosion involving Bakken crude. Read More