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North Dakota leaders look to regulation as flaring ticks up
2013-09-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: The amount of natural gas being burned away at oil wells in North Dakota rose the most in more than a year in July, and state officials now say it may take new regulations to tackle the problem. Oil and gas producers burned, or flared, 30 percent of the gas produced at wells in the Bakken formation, up from 28 percent in June, according to figures released Friday by the North Dakota Oil and Gas Division. That's below the high of 36 percent in September 2011 but far above the state's historical...
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As gas continues to go up in the air, North Dakota moves to tighten loose flaring rules
2013-09-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: Each day for the past few weeks, Bob Skarphol has driven past an oil well near his North Dakota home, where a 30-foot flame shoots into the sky. The well's operator is burning the natural gas that's produced with the oil, even though there's a gas pipeline across the road from the well site, Skarphol, a Republican state legislator from Tioga, said in an interview. It's a common sight in North Dakota's Bakken Shale oil field, where about one-third of natural gas production is being burned in flares....
Xcel seeks to acquire North Dakota wind project
2013-08-13 23:03:57| Energy - Topix.net
Xcel Energy Inc. announced Tuesday that it plans to take over a long proposed 150-megawatt electricity-generating wind farm near the Canadian border in north-central North Dakota.
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North Dakota oil boom seen adding costs for rail safety
2013-08-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Crude oil shipped by railroad from North Dakota is drawing fresh scrutiny from regulators concerned that the cargo is adding environmental and safety hazards, something that analysts say could raise costs. The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration is investigating whether chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing are corroding rail tank cars and increasing risks. Separately, three pipeline companies including Enbridge Inc. warned regulators that North Dakota oil with too much hydrogen sulfide, which...
Arsenal Energy Reports North Dakota Results
2013-07-18 16:35:00| OGI
Two wells were fracture stimulated over the two mile horizontal wellbore section, producing 1,442 barrels of oil and 1,211 barrels of oil during a 24 hour test.
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