query: what kind of oil is in north dakota

pos: Bakken Formation Bakken Formation The Bakken Formation is a rock unit from the Late Devonian to Early Mississippian age occupying about of the subsurface of the Williston Basin, underlying parts of Montana, North Dakota, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The formation was initially described by geologist J.W. Nordquist in 1953. The formation is entirely in the subsurface, and has no surface outcrop. It is named after Henry Bakken, a farmer in Tioga, North Dakota, who owned the land where the formation was initially discovered, during drilling for oil. Besides the Bakken formation being a widespread prolific source rock for oil when thermally mature, significant

pos: North Dakota oil boom The oil boom's effect on families is the subject of the Academy Award-nominated documentary short film, "White Earth". North Dakota oil boom The North Dakota oil boom refers to the period of rapidly expanding oil extraction from the Bakken formation in the state of North Dakota that lasted from the discovery of Parshall Oil Field in 2006, and peaked in 2012, but with substantially less growth noted since 2015 due to a global decline in oil prices. Despite the Great Recession, the oil boom resulted in enough jobs to provide North Dakota with the lowest unemployment rate in the United

pos: North Dakota oil boom North Dakota oil boom The North Dakota oil boom refers to the period of rapidly expanding oil extraction from the Bakken formation in the state of North Dakota that lasted from the discovery of Parshall Oil Field in 2006, and peaked in 2012, but with substantially less growth noted since 2015 due to a global decline in oil prices. Despite the Great Recession, the oil boom resulted in enough jobs to provide North Dakota with the lowest unemployment rate in the United States. The boom has given North Dakota, a state with a 2013 population of about 725,000, a billion-dollar

pos: Target Lodging meant to get rid of what they called the “man camps” that had sprung up in the area, which were actually groups of RVs that oil workers were living in because of the housing shortage. The oil boom’s impact on housing in North Dakota has been a controversial issue since oil production in the Bakken took off. In June 2013 officials in Williams County, North Dakota, put a moratorium on “so-called man camps that house Oil Patch workers.” The Williams County Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the county refrain from both issuing permits for new workforce housing and allowing

pos: Target Lodging however, the company shifted its focus to temporary housing that primarily serves the oil, gas and mining industries. The majority of the company's current operations support the oil, gas, and mining industries. The bulk of its activity is in North Dakota, as a result of the North Dakota oil boom from the Bakken Formation. In addition to its North Dakota properties, Target Lodging operates a number of properties in Texas, as well as in Arizona and Mexico. Out of the 16 properties Target Lodging operates in North America, 12 are located in North Dakota. The company's presence in North Dakota

pos: Kyle Cassidy document the lives of oil workers in the area around the Bakken formation. Photos from the project appeared in a Slate.com photoessay and the open access edited collection "The Bakken Goes Boom: Oil and the Changing Geographies of Western North Dakota", published by The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota. In October 2013, his poster and photo for the Curio Theatre Company's production of Romeo and Juliet led to an interview published in the New York Times. In 2014, Cassidy's photoessay, "This Is What a Librarian Looks Like", based on photographs taken at an American Library Association event,

pos: Pipeline transport Additionally, a pipeline is currently being constructed from North Dakota to Illinois, commonly known as the Dakota Access Pipeline. As more North American pipelines are built, even more exports of LNG, propane, butane, and other natural gas products occur on all three US coasts. To give insight, North Dakota Bakken region's oil production has grown by 600% from 2007 to 2015. North Dakota oil companies are shipping huge amounts of oil by tanker rail car as they can direct the oil to the market that gives the best price, and rail cars can be used to avoid a congested oil

pos: Bakken Formation east is thermally immature, and unproductive. The Parshall Oil Field discovery, combined with other factors, including an oil-drilling tax break enacted by the state of North Dakota in 2007, shifted attention in the Bakken from Montana to the North Dakota side. The number of wells drilled in the North Dakota Bakken jumped from 300 in 2006 to 457 in 2007. The viability of the play in North Dakota west of the Nesson Anticline was uncertain until 2009, when Brigham Oil & Gas achieved success with larger hydraulic fracturing treatments, with 25 or more stages. According to the North Dakota Department

pos: 2016 United States presidential election in North Dakota from North Dakota politics, as farms in North Dakota are no longer tilled by solitary yeoman and are no longer family-owned as much, and are replaced by agribusinesses. In recent presidential elections, Bakken shale oil has been a major driver of conservative success in the state, as its economy is increasingly fueled by the North Dakota oil boom and its population grows suspect of the environmental movement championed by Democrats. The main oil boom has taken place in the counties west and northwest of Bismarck, where Donald Trump won sometimes north of 80% of the vote. Donald Trump won in

pos: Target Lodging is a result of the oil boom in the area around the Bakken Formation. North Dakota now produces 11 percent of U.S. oil, and oil production is the primary reason the state's government has a surplus of $3.8 billion. The increased drilling operations in the region have drawn large numbers of people looking for work to the state. As a result of the oil boom, North Dakota is the fastest-growing state, with the state's population growing at three times the rate of that of the nation as a whole over the past year. In 2012, North Dakota also reported the

pos: Dakota Access Pipeline Dakota Access Pipeline The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) or Bakken pipeline is a underground oil pipeline in the United States. It begins in the shale oil fields of the Bakken formation in northwest North Dakota and continues through South Dakota and Iowa to an oil terminal near Patoka, Illinois. Together with the Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline from Patoka to Nederland, Texas, it forms the Bakken system. The $3.78 billion project was announced to the public in June 2014, and informational hearings for landowners took place between August 2014 and January 2015. Dakota Access, LLC, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer

pos: Oil sands imported into Canada from North Dakota to the Irving Oil Refinery in New Brunswick. Although near a huge oil import port on the Atlantic Ocean, the Irving refinery is importing US Bakken oil by rail because oil from outside North America is too expensive to be economic, and there are no pipelines to deliver heavier but cheaper Western Canadian oil to New Brunswick. It was subsequently pointed out that the Bakken light oil was much more flammable than Alberta bitumen, and the rail cars were mislabeled by the North Dakota producers as to their flammability. By 2014, the movement of

pos: Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts and it has no pipeline access to new US production in North Dakota or Texas. Imports from countries outside North America have been increasing in volume although most of it is significantly more expensive than Canadian or domestic American oil. Many of the refineries in California and Washington State are capable of processing heavy oil because much of the oil production in California is heavy, as is much imported oil. They have also noted that a mix of 55% North Dakota Bakken oil and 45% Western Canadian Select is a reasonable substitute for badly diminished supplies of Alaska North Slope

pos: Sioux state of South Dakota used "being poor" as harmful. In the summer of 2016, Sioux Indians and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe began a protest against construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, also known as the Bakken pipeline, which, if completed, is designed to carry hydrofracked crude oil from the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota to the oil storage and transfer hub of Patoka, Illinois. The pipeline travels only half a mile north of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation and is designed to pass underneath the Missouri River and upstream of the reservation, causing many concerns over the

pos: North Dakota resources. These mineral resources include billions of tons of lignite coal. In addition, North Dakota has large oil reserves. Petroleum was discovered in the state in 1951 and quickly became one of North Dakota’s most valuable mineral resources. In the early 2000's, the emergence of hydraulic fracturing technologies enabled mining companies to extract huge amounts of oil from the Bakken shale rock formation in the western part of the state. North Dakota's economy is based more heavily on farming than are the economies of most other states. Many North Dakota factories process farm products or manufacture farm equipment. Many of

pos: Parshall Oil Field Parshall Oil Field The Parshall Oil Field is an oil field producing from the Bakken Formation and Three Forks Formation near the town of Parshall, in Mountrail County, North Dakota. The field is in the Williston Basin. The field was discovered in 2006 by EOG Resources, which drilled, and now operates, most of the wells. It was the discovery of the Parshall Field that was largely responsible for the North Dakota oil boom. Parshall’s break-even price is at US$38/barrel, which is the lowest on the Bakken Formation; overall, Bakken’s break-even point is of US$62/barrel. Mike Johnson, a petroleum geologist in

pos: Dakota Access Pipeline prosecutors in building cases against protesters, and used social media in an attempt to sway public support for the pipeline. One of the released documents called the pipeline opposition movement "an ideologically driven insurgency with a strong religious component" that operated along a "jihadist insurgency model". Dakota Access Pipeline The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) or Bakken pipeline is a underground oil pipeline in the United States. It begins in the shale oil fields of the Bakken formation in northwest North Dakota and continues through South Dakota and Iowa to an oil terminal near Patoka, Illinois. Together with the Energy Transfer

pos: Bakken Formation much of the Bakken beginning with the Elm Coulee Oil Field discovery in 2000 have proven correct his claim that the oil generated by the Bakken shale was there. In April 2008, a report issued by the state of North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources estimated that the North Dakota portion of the Bakken contained of oil in place. Although the amount of oil in place is a very large oil resource, the percentage that can be extracted with current technology is another matter. Estimates of the Bakken's recovery factor have ranged from as low as 1%—because the Bakken shale

pos: North Dakota oil boom budget surplus. North Dakota, which ranked 38th in per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in 2001, rose steadily with the Bakken boom, and now has per capita GDP 29% above the national average. There are three reasons for the oil boom, in North Dakota as well as elsewhere in America: The leases expire after their primary term, commonly three to five years, unless the lessee oil company drills and starts producing, in which case the leases continue as long as oil and gas are continually produced. Expiring leases result in a push to commence drilling and production on as many

pos: Oil sands America is about . However, other substances such as conventional crude oil and refined petroleum products also share this pipeline network. The rapidly increasing tight oil production from the Bakken formation of North Dakota also competes for space on the Canadian export pipeline system. North Dakota oil producers are using the Canadian pipelines to deliver their oil to US refineries. In 2012, the Canadian export pipeline system began to become overloaded with new oil production. As a result, Enbridge implemented pipeline apportionment on its southbound lines, and Kinder Morgan on its westbound line. This rationed pipeline space by reducing the

pos: Pipeline transport This allows the Bakken Basin and Three Forks oil producers to get higher negotiated prices for their oil because they will not be restricted to just one wholesale market in the US. The distance from the biggest oil patch in North Dakota, in Williston, North Dakota, is only about 85 miles or 137 kilometers to the Canada–US border and Manitoba. Mutual funds and joint ventures are big investors in new oil and gas pipelines. In the fall of 2012, the US began exporting propane to Europe, known as LPG, as wholesale prices there are much higher than in North America.

pos: Double H Pipeline oil hub of Cushing, Oklahoma and access lucrative oil markets. In January 2015, it was reported that Hamm was selling the Bakken pipeline network. Double H Pipeline Double H Pipeline is a planned crude oil pipeline from Dore, North Dakota to Guernsey, Wyoming. It is supposed to carry 100,000 barrels (50,000 initially) of crude oil from the North Dakota and Bakken formation shale plays as well as Wyoming's oil fields. The project was proposed by Hiland Crude, LLC a subsidiary of Hiland Partners that is owned by the Harold Hamm family from Enid, Oklahoma. The 12-inch line was scheduled to

pos: Dakota Access Pipeline protests The Dakota Access Pipeline, a part of the Bakken pipeline project, is a underground oil pipeline project in the United States. The pipeline was planned by Dakota Access, LLC, a subsidiary of the Dallas, Texas corporation Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. It begins in the Bakken oil fields in Northwest North Dakota and travels in a more or less straight line southeast, through South Dakota and Iowa, ending at the oil terminal near Patoka, Illinois. According to court records, the pipeline was due for delivery on January 1, 2017. Routing the pipeline across the Missouri River near Bismarck was rejected because

pos: North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States. It is the nineteenth largest in area, the fourth smallest by population, and the fourth most sparsely populated of the 50 states. North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, along with its neighboring state, South Dakota. Its capital is Bismarck, and its largest city is Fargo. In the 21st century, North Dakota's natural resources have played a major role in its economic performance, particularly with the oil extraction from the Bakken formation, which lies beneath the northwestern

pos: Lac-Mégantic rail disaster to house the Locotrol equipment necessary for MMA’s single-engineer train operation, one loaded box car used as a buffer car followed by 72 non-pressure dangerous goods DOT-111 tank cars loaded with petroleum crude oil (Class 3, UN 1267). Each tank car carried of crude oil. The oil, shipped by World Fuel Services subsidiary Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc., from New Town, North Dakota, originated from the Bakken Formation. The destination was the Irving Oil Refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick. Shipment of the oil was contracted to Canadian Pacific Railway, which transported it on CPR tracks from North Dakota to the

pos: Watford City, North Dakota is late spring to early summer; winter is the driest season. Temperature variation between seasons is significant. Watford City, North Dakota Watford City (Hidatsa: abaʔaruʔush), founded in 1914, is a city in and the county seat of McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,744 at the 2010 census. and the Census Bureau gave the 2017 estimated population as 6,523, making Watford City the twelfth largest city in North Dakota. Because Watford City is part of the Bakken field, the North Dakota oil boom has significantly increased population and construction since the 2010 census. The main offices of

pos: Williston, North Dakota site in the United States, surpassing even Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, the longtime leader in domestic output in the United States. (The state of North Dakota provides a website detailing daily oil activity.) In 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that there were 150 million barrels of oil "technically recoverable" from the Bakken shale. In April 2008, the number was said to be about four billion barrels; in 2010 geologists at Continental Resources, the major drilling operation in North Dakota, estimated the reserve at eight billion. In March 2012, after the discovery of a lower shelf of oil, it announced a

pos: Bakken Formation recent years as one of the most important sources of new oil production in the United States. Most Bakken drilling and production has been in North Dakota, although the formation also extends into Montana and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. As of 2013, the Bakken was the source of more than ten percent of all US oil production. By April 2014, Bakken production in North Dakota and Montana exceeded . As a result of increased production from the Bakken, and long-term production declines in Alaska and California, North Dakota as of 2014 was the second-largest oil-producing state in

pos: Watford City, North Dakota Watford City, North Dakota Watford City (Hidatsa: abaʔaruʔush), founded in 1914, is a city in and the county seat of McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,744 at the 2010 census. and the Census Bureau gave the 2017 estimated population as 6,523, making Watford City the twelfth largest city in North Dakota. Because Watford City is part of the Bakken field, the North Dakota oil boom has significantly increased population and construction since the 2010 census. The main offices of Frontier Energy Group, First International Bank, and the headquarters of McKenzie Electric Cooperative are in Watford City.

pos: NODAPL youth from the reservation began a social media campaign which gradually morphed into a larger movement with dozens of associated hashtags. The campaign attempted to raise awareness on the threat of the pipeline on the sacred burial grounds as well as the quality of water in the area. The Dakota Access Pipeline is a underground oil pipeline in the United States. It begins in the Bakken shale oil fields in northwest North Dakota and continues through South Dakota and Iowa to the oil tank farm near Patoka, Illinois. Together with the Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline from Patoka to Nederland,

pos: Stanley, North Dakota Oregon/Seattle, Washington and Chicago. Stanley is situated on the Bakken Formation, which encompasses northwestern North Dakota, northeastern Montana, and southern Saskatchewan, Canada. The formation is a rich source of oil, first discovered in the 1950s. Until the late 2000s the cost of oil extraction was too high to retrieve the oil profitably. With new technologies in oilfield production and the rising price of oil, the field has now become economically viable. The field may be the largest producing onshore field in the Continental United States outside of Texas and California, with the U.S. Geological Survey estimating that it contains between

pos: Sandpiper pipeline Sandpiper pipeline The Sandpiper pipeline is a underground oil pipeline project in the United States. It would carry light crude oil from the Bakken oil fields in Northwest North Dakota, through Minnesota, to end in Superior, Wisconsin. Enbridge Energy Partners, and Williston Basin Pipe Line LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Corporation have been planning the project since 2013. In 2015 Enbridge estimated the pipeline will cost about $2.6 billion. The Sanpiper pipeline project was made public by the media in 2013, and informational hearings for landowners took place in three North Dakota towns during March 2014. The North

pos: Dakota Access Pipeline a similar action voting unanimously to find a new bank to handle its accounts by the end of 2017. In March 2017, ING sold its stake in the loan, while retaining a potential risk in case of non-payment under the loan. The pipeline route runs from the northwestern North Dakota Bakken and Three Forks sites. It starts in Stanley, North Dakota, and travels in a southeastward direction to end at the oil tank farm near Patoka, Illinois. It crosses 50 counties in four states. In North Dakota, the route traverses seven counties. The project consists of of oil gathering pipelines

pos: Mandan Refinery through an Andeavor Logistics owned and operated 16-inch transmission pipeline pipeline system which connects to a 750-mile network across western North Dakota including the former Bakken Link pipeline. The crude delivery system also maintains multiple interconnects to other pipelines and terminals throughout the Williston Basin as well as interconnects to Canada pipelines. About the time of North Dakota's surge in oil production when it rose from the 9th ranked producer in 2002 to 2nd highest in 2014, that connection was repurposed. The crude oil processed at the facility is now sweet crude oil from North Dakota. A 10-inch refined products

pos: Double H Pipeline Double H Pipeline Double H Pipeline is a planned crude oil pipeline from Dore, North Dakota to Guernsey, Wyoming. It is supposed to carry 100,000 barrels (50,000 initially) of crude oil from the North Dakota and Bakken formation shale plays as well as Wyoming's oil fields. The project was proposed by Hiland Crude, LLC a subsidiary of Hiland Partners that is owned by the Harold Hamm family from Enid, Oklahoma. The 12-inch line was scheduled to begin operating after completion in January 2015. It would connect to the Pony Express Pipeline owned by Tallgrass Energy to connect with the crude

pos: Petroleum in the United States the Texas Railroad Commission. Rail transport of crude oil has made a resurgence since 2005, largely due to the lack of pipeline capacity to transport the increased oil volumes from North Dakota. In 2014, 2.7 percent of crude oil arriving at refineries came by rail, up from 0.1 percent in 2005. Since 2012, oil shipped by rail from the Bakken fields in North Dakota has progressively replaced overseas (non-Canadian) imported oil used by East Coast US refineries. In February 2015, railroads supplied 52 percent of all crude oil delivered to US refineries on the East Coast. The United States petroleum

pos: History of North Dakota of the crop land is not harvested. The farm standard of living is high as the farm population decreases. Schools and churches are reduced in number by consolidation and merger. Since 2000, the state has experienced rapid growth, largely due to the oil boom in western North Dakota's oil-rich Bakken shale. A 2013 census report listed North Dakota's population at an all-time high of 723,393 residents, making North Dakota the fastest growing state in the nation. The population boom reverses nearly a century of flat population numbers. The profile of the newcomers shows that compared to long-term residents, they generally

pos: Keystone Pipeline the 2013 Lac-Mégantic derailment in Quebec, in which crude oil carried by rail cars exploded and killed 47 people, highlights the safety of pipelines compared to truck or rail transport. The oil in the Lac-Mégantic rail cars came from the Bakken Formation in North Dakota, an area that would be served by the Keystone expansion. Increased oil production in North Dakota has exceeded pipeline capacity since 2010, leading to increasing volumes of crude oil being shipped by truck or rail to refineries. Canadian journalist Diana Furchtgott-Roth commented: "If this oil shipment had been carried through pipelines, instead of rail, families

pos: Geology of North Dakota of the state for watering cattle in the winter. It is frequently used for oil-field operations and waste brine is injected back into the aquifer. Thick Jurassic and Triassic separates the Dakota aquifer from the deepest Paleozoic limestone aquifer underlying most of the state. The Williston Basin produces most of North Dakota's oil and gas, particularly since the boom in hydraulic fracturing after 2006. The Bakken Formation is particularly productive and underlies all but the southwest corner of the basin. Bowman County in the southwest has structurally controlled fields in Ordovician formations. Between the north of the Little Missouri River

pos: North Dakota oil boom reported sharp increases in offenses, particularly violent crime, drug trafficking, gun crimes, and prostitution. These problems are similar to those found in other regions in which energy industry workers have taken temporary jobs. A 2012 report indicated that conditions were improving. As of October 2013, the FBI's Project Safe Bakken had stationed additional full-time agents in the area. The boom has seen dramatic increases in the infrastructure of Western North Dakota. Examples of oil industry related infrastructure investments in Williston, North Dakota are the multi-acre branch campus of Baker Hughes, the Sand Creek Retail Center, Jim Bridger shops & offices.

pos: Western Canadian Select North Dakota Bakken, the Permian and Eagle Ford Basins in Texas, while rejuvenating economic growth in "U.S. refining, petrochemical and associated transportation industries, rail & pipelines", [it also] "destabilized international oil markets." Since 2000, the wider use of oil extraction technologies such as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, have caused a production boom in the Bakken formation which lies beneath the northwestern part of North Dakota. WSC and Bakken compete for pipelines and railway space. By the end of 2010, oil production rates had reached per day, thereby outstripping the pipeline capacity to ship oil out of the Bakken. This

pos: Bakken Formation has generally low porosity and low permeability, making the oil difficult to extract—to Leigh Price's estimate of 50% recoverable. Reports issued by both the USGS and the state of North Dakota in April 2013 estimated up to 7.4 billion barrels of oil can be recovered from the Bakken and Three Forks formations in the Dakotas and Montana, using current technology. The flurry of drilling activity in the Bakken, coupled with the wide range of estimates of in-place and recoverable oil, led North Dakota senator Byron Dorgan to ask the USGS to conduct a study of the Bakken's potentially recoverable oil.

pos: Bakken Formation to the southeast of Elm Coulee extended the productive pinchout trend into North Dakota. Elm Coulee was key to later Bakken development because it combined horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing, and targeted the dolomitic middle Bakken member rather than the shales of the upper or lower Bakken. New interest developed in 2006 when EOG Resources reported that a single well it had drilled into an oil-rich layer of shale near Parshall, North Dakota, was anticipated to produce of oil. At Parshall, the abrupt eastern limit of the field is formed by the extent of thermally mature Bakken shale; shale farther

neg: Petroleum industry in Canada to sell follows Imperial Oil's sale of 497 Esso gas stations in B.C. and Alberta. It is unclear what will happen if Chevron fails to sell its BC assets. Manitoba produced an average of of light crude oil in 2015, or about 1.2% of Canada's petroleum production. Manitoba's oil production is in southwest Manitoba along the northeast flank of the Williston Basin, a large geological structural basin which also underlies parts of southern Saskatchewan, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. Unlike in Saskatchewan, very little of Manitoba's oil is heavy crude oil. There are no oil refineries in Manitoba. The

neg: North Dakota Pipeline Company system North Dakota Pipeline Company system The North Dakota Pipeline Company (NDPL) system is a 950-mile (1530 km) crude oil pipeline system that collects oil from fields in the Williston Basin in Montana and North Dakota and transports it eastward to the Mandan Refinery in Mandan, North Dakota and to other pipeline systems that carry oil to other refineries in the Midwest. About 330 miles (530 km) of pipeline are used for collection from oil wells, and this connects to a 620-mile (1,000 km) main transportation line. In addition to collecting oil from wells in the United States, it also connects

neg: North Dakota oil boom North Dakota into the top ranks of oil-producing states. As recently as 2007, North Dakota ranked 8th among the states in oil production. In 2008, the state overtook Wyoming and New Mexico; in 2009 it outproduced Louisiana and Oklahoma. North Dakota surpassed California in oil production in December 2011, then in March 2012 overtook Alaska, to become the number two oil-producing state in the country, exceeded only by Texas. The North Dakota state government receives through severance taxes 11.5 percent of the gross value of all oil produced. The boom has given the state of North Dakota a billion-dollar budget

neg: Anti-environmentalism it will continue to maintain itself long after humans are gone. Another significant argument made by anti-environmentalists is that it is in the interest of the economy, and more specifically job creation, to be anti-environment. Groups which are notoriously anti-environment include oil producers and mining companies. As the nature of anti-environmentalism is a polarizing subject, it has resulted in a variety of conflicts throughout North America, including the Dakota Pipeline in Standing Rock, North Dakota and the Alberta Oil Sands. The Dakota Pipeline, a four-state crude oil pipeline which would transport 470,000 barrels of oil per day from North Dakota

neg: Parshall, North Dakota or over. There are two schools in Parshall, the public elementary school and the public high school. Along with White Shield, North Dakota, Parshall is home to speakers of the Arikara language. Parshall, North Dakota, is perhaps best known nationally for its namesake Parshall Oil Field, which surrounds the town. The 2006 discovery of the Parshall Field started the North Dakota oil boom. Aspects of the oil boom near Parshall were presented in the series "Boomtown" on Discovery Communications cable channel Planet Green. This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid)

neg: North Dakota of to , with a mean of . North-Western North Dakota is the center of an oil boom: the Williston, Tioga, Stanley and Minot-Burlington communities are having rapid growth that strains housing and local services. , the state is the 2nd-largest oil producer in the U.S., with an average of 575,490 barrels per day. The Great Plains region, which includes the state of North Dakota, has been referred to as "the Saudi Arabia of wind energy." Development of wind energy in North Dakota has been cost effective because the state has large rural expanses and wind speeds seldom go below

neg: North Dakota Pipeline Company system to a Canadian pipeline system owned by Enbridge at North Dakota's border with Saskatchewan. The American pipeline is owned by Enbridge Energy Partners, LP, an organization partly owned by the Canadian company. The pipeline's eastern terminus is in Clearbrook, Minnesota where there is a junction with Enbridge's Lakehead System and the Minnesota Pipeline (ultimately owned by Koch Industries). North Dakota Pipeline Company system The North Dakota Pipeline Company (NDPL) system is a 950-mile (1530 km) crude oil pipeline system that collects oil from fields in the Williston Basin in Montana and North Dakota and transports it eastward to the Mandan

neg: Geology of North Dakota Geology of North Dakota The geology of North Dakota includes thick sequences oil and coal bearing sedimentary rocks formed in shallow seas in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic, as well as terrestrial deposits from the Cenozoic on top of ancient Precambrian crystalline basement rocks. The state has extensive oil and gas, sand and gravel, coal, groundwater and other natural resources. North Dakota is underlain by Precambrian crystalline basement rock, although these rocks are less well understood than in neighboring states. In the Proterozoic, a mountain range known as the Western Dakota Mobile Belt formed between two billion and 1.8 billion years

neg: Oil Patch Hotline generated renewed interest in domestic oil production. Oil Patch Hotline Oil Patch Hotline is a semi-monthly newsletter about the oil and gas production industry in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. It is published in Williston, North Dakota. The parent company is based out of Plymouth, Florida. Publication began in 1978 as the domestic oil industry flourished with rising energy prices. The cycle of high crude oil prices ended in the early 1980s and with it much of the oil exploration activity in the United States. As a result, the newsletter suspended publication in 1986. Publication of "Oil Patch Hotline" resumed

neg: Oil Patch Hotline Oil Patch Hotline Oil Patch Hotline is a semi-monthly newsletter about the oil and gas production industry in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. It is published in Williston, North Dakota. The parent company is based out of Plymouth, Florida. Publication began in 1978 as the domestic oil industry flourished with rising energy prices. The cycle of high crude oil prices ended in the early 1980s and with it much of the oil exploration activity in the United States. As a result, the newsletter suspended publication in 1986. Publication of "Oil Patch Hotline" resumed in June 2006 as worldwide energy demand

neg: Dakota Gasification Company cubic foot) is pipelined to the Northern Border Pipeline which transports gas from Canada, Montana and North Dakota to the Ventura, Iowa area, where the pipeline interconnects with many pipelines supplying the eastern United States. The Dakota Gasification Company is a subsidiary of the Basin Electric Power Cooperative which is located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The company ships generated byproduct carbon dioxide via a high pressure pipeline to an oilfield in Saskatchewan in Canada where it is used for enhanced oil recovery from the Weyburn oil field near Weyburn, Saskatchewan (Canada). The plant also produces ammonium sulfate, anhydrous ammonia, phenol,

neg: North Dakota State Auditor North Dakota State Auditor The North Dakota State Auditor is a political office in North Dakota. The auditor's duty is to oversee the four divisions of the Office of the State Auditor: State Audit, which audits the state of North Dakota; Local Government Audit, which performs audits of counties, school districts, and other political subdivisions; Royalty Audit, which performs audits of federal royalty payments from oil, gas, and coal leases located within the state, and Division of North Dakota University System Performance Audit, which conducts university audits. The current state auditor is Josh Gallion. Since the creation of the office

neg: Dickinson, North Dakota route within Dickinson is North Dakota Highway 22 which runs north and south along Main Avenue and Third Avenue. ND 22 has a truck route along Southwest Eighth Street, State Avenue and West Villard Street due to the low bridge for the former Northern Pacific Railway line. Digital FM band AM band Dickinson, North Dakota Dickinson is a city in Stark County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Stark County. The population was 17,787 at the 2010 census. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated 2017 population is 22,186. Since the North Dakota oil boom the city has

neg: Williston, North Dakota Williston, North Dakota Williston is a city in and the county seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The 2010 census gave its population as 14,716, and the Census Bureau gave the 2017 estimated population as 25,586, making Williston the sixth-largest city in North Dakota. The North Dakota oil boom is largely responsible for the sharp increase in population. Williston's newspapers, both in print and online, are the daily "Williston Herald" and the weekly "The Williston Trader". Sloulin Field International Airport is a public airport north of the business district. Williston is the home of Williston State College and

neg: Debra Marquart environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing, the 3900 oil spills in North Dakota since the oil boom, and water quality. She is also concerned about the ICBM's still planted in the fracking zone. In a 2016 Iowa Public Radio interview, she read the poem "Lament" from "Small buried things". She has said: There are some good things about the oil boom, but we must realize that many people in the state are despairing – feeling that they have been declared an energy sacrifice zone and the rest of the country doesn't care what their land and water will be like. I

neg: North Dakota areas for jobs. Since the late 20th century, one of the major causes of migration from North Dakota is the lack of skilled jobs for college graduates. Expansion of economic development programs has been urged to create skilled and high-tech jobs, but the effectiveness of such programs has been open to debate. During the first decade of the 21st century, the population increased in large part because of jobs in the oil industry related to development of shale-oil fields. Elsewhere, the Native American population has increased as some reservations have attracted people back from urban areas. Immigration North Dakota is

neg: Mandan Refinery Mandan Refinery The Mandan Refinery is the largest oil refinery in North Dakota, partially located within the northeastern corner of the city limits of Mandan, ND just north off of Exit 153 of Interstate 94. Overall, it ranked 83rd in the country as of January 2018 with a nameplate capacity of per day. The facility is owned by Andeavor. Crude oil was first produced in North Dakota in 1951. The refinery was constructed in 1954 by the American Oil Company with a capacity of 29,000 barrels per day. A location along the Missouri River was selected because of the large

neg: Geology of North Dakota County. Uranium dissolved from enriched ash and percolated upward into the coal. Only a few hundred tons were ever extracted and ended in 1967 due to difficulty milling lignite compared with sandstone deposits in the Colorado Plateau. North Dakota has up to 1700 cubic miles of halite salt deposits below ground discovered during oil drilling. Gold, volcanic ash, quartzite, clay and sulfur are also resources. Geology of North Dakota The geology of North Dakota includes thick sequences oil and coal bearing sedimentary rocks formed in shallow seas in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic, as well as terrestrial deposits from the Cenozoic

neg: North Dakota honey, dry edible peas and beans, lentils, and the third-largest producer of potatoes. North Dakota's economy is aided by nearly $1 billion in federal agricultural subsidies annually. North Dakota's Top Agricultural Commodities (according to the USDA ) The energy industry is a major contributor to the economy. North Dakota has both coal and oil reserves. Shale gas is also produced. Lignite coal reserves in Western North Dakota are used to generate about 90% of the electricity consumed, and electricity is also exported to nearby states. North Dakota has the second largest lignite coal production in the U.S. However, lignite coal

neg: North Dakota oil boom as possible before they expire. By 2012, income from oil royalties was reportedly paying many local mineral owners $50,000 to $60,000 per month, and some more than $100,000 per month. Bruce Gjovig, head of the UND Center for Innovation Foundation in Grand Forks, estimated that the boom was creating 2,000 millionaires per year in North Dakota. The average income in Mountrail County has more than doubled since the boom started, to $52,027 in 2010, putting it into the top 100 richest counties in the United States. The oil boom reduced unemployment in North Dakota to 3.5 percent in December 2011,

neg: Williston, North Dakota 7, 2013. Mercy Medical Center was named among the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the United States by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in September 2012. Williston, North Dakota Williston is a city in and the county seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The 2010 census gave its population as 14,716, and the Census Bureau gave the 2017 estimated population as 25,586, making Williston the sixth-largest city in North Dakota. The North Dakota oil boom is largely responsible for the sharp increase in population. Williston's newspapers, both in print and online, are the

neg: Geology of North Dakota and the Burke County line is the Nesson Anticline, one of the largest geologic features in the state. Limestone to the northeast and east of the anticline in Bottineau, Burke and Renville counties, oil and gas is trapped by anhydrite infilling or shale and siltstone cap rock in the Triassic Spearfish Formation, over an unconformity. The beach and nearshore sediments of the Tyler Formation, close to Dickinson, North Dakota also house oil, trapped in Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sediments together with a shoreline stream filled with oil-bearing sand, south of Dickinson at Rocky Ridge. In one unusual case, the oil-bearing Red

neg: North Dakota State Auditor never been held by a member of the Nonpartisan League. The Auditor originally served a two-year term, but this was extended to four in 1964 by a constitutional amendment. North Dakota State Auditor The North Dakota State Auditor is a political office in North Dakota. The auditor's duty is to oversee the four divisions of the Office of the State Auditor: State Audit, which audits the state of North Dakota; Local Government Audit, which performs audits of counties, school districts, and other political subdivisions; Royalty Audit, which performs audits of federal royalty payments from oil, gas, and coal leases located

neg: Dickinson, North Dakota Dickinson, North Dakota Dickinson is a city in Stark County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Stark County. The population was 17,787 at the 2010 census. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated 2017 population is 22,186. Since the North Dakota oil boom the city has become one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. The city according to the 2015 census is estimated to have a population of 23,765, however, other sources have estimates of the population at 30,372 or possibly exceeding 35,000. The rapid growth of the city led to an increase in crime

neg: Carbon capture and storage (timeline) and economic feasibility of such storage. The Weyburn oil field is situated in Canada, near the USA border. The carbon dioxide for the Weyburn EOR project is produced in the Great Plains Synfuels Plant in Beulah, North Dakota, USA, which is operated by the Dakota Gasification Company. In 1997, DGC agreed to send all of the waste gas (96% ) from its Great Plains Synfuels Plant through a pipeline to the Weyburn oil field. The Sleipner gas field is in the North Sea, about 250 km west of Stavanger, Norway. It is operated by Norway’s largest oil company Statoil. The

neg: Casselton, North Dakota Max Taubert when a Sinclair gas station occupied the lot that included a hamburger stand. It is approximately tall, and is made of thousands of oil cans. It was rescued from possible demolition in 2008 by a group of local volunteers. Unfortunately, the business that agreed to house the pile temporarily wanted the pile off its property and the pile was removed to an unknown location. Casselton, North Dakota Casselton is a city in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 2,329 at the 2010 census. making it the twentieth largest city in North Dakota. Casselton was founded

neg: North Dakota Industrial Commission estate used by the State of North Dakota. By statute, the Industrial Commission also acts as the Building Authority. The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources houses both the North Dakota Geological Survey, which provides geological and geographical information to the legislature, other state agencies, and to the general public, and the Oil and Gas Division, which regulates the extraction of those resources within the state. The Industrial Commission oversees the department, whose director is appointed by the Governor. The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency provides financial assistance and economic incentives to homebuyers within the state, including special assistance to

neg: Enderlin, North Dakota is an ADM edible oil processing plant located just southeast of town. Enderlin, North Dakota Enderlin is a city in Cass and Ransom counties in the State of North Dakota. The population was 886 at the 2010 census. Enderlin was founded in 1891. Local folklore suggests the name is derived from the semi-German "End der Line" ("end of the line"), as the city was briefly the terminus of the Soo Line Railroad's main line through North Dakota. Another explanation is that the name was suggested by the wife of a Soo Line official and comes from a fictional character in

neg: White Earth, North Dakota White Earth, North Dakota White Earth is a city in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 80 at the 2010 census. White Earth was founded in 1888. The community's recent growth due to the North Dakota oil boom is the subject of a Academy Award–nominated short documentary film, "White Earth". White Earth is located at (48.381049, -102.772969). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 80 people, 26 households, and 20 families residing in the city. The population

neg: U.S. Route 85B (Williams County, North Dakota) U.S. Route 85B (Williams County, North Dakota) U.S. Route 85B (US 85B) is an approximately temporary auxiliary route of US 85 located entirely within Williams County in the state of North Dakota. The highway serves as an eastern bypass around the city of Williston. The establishment of the route was a temporary solution to the rapid increase in truck traffic in the area due to the North Dakota oil boom. The county plans on eventually replacing the highway with a expressway bypass, dubbed the "Northeastern Truck Reliever Route", once funding is gathered. US 85 already bypasses the city as an

neg: North Dakota pottery shaker set and salt and pepper sets of grain elevators advertising North Dakota towns. Joe was also very talented at wheel throwing vases, jugs, etc. Local clay was used for these one-of-a-kind products. These items were marked as one-of-a-kind originals. Other Messer production pieces were marked or impressed on the bottom and some contained a "Ceramics by Messer" sticker on the side. Competition from low cost Japanese pottery drove the Messers out of business in 1956. Tony Helbling, the owner and founder of L & H Manufacturing of Mandan, North Dakota, began Little Heart Ceramics in 1959 to produce ceramic

neg: North Dakota Grand Forks. , the state's unemployment rate is the lowest in the nation at 2.6%. It has not reached 5 percent since 1987. At end of 2010, the state per capita income was ranked 17th in the nation, the biggest increase of any state in a decade from rank 38th. The reduction in the unemployment rate and growth in per capita income is attributable to the oil boom in the state. Due to a combination of oil-related development and investing in technology and service industries, North Dakota has had a budget surplus every year since the 2008 market crash. North

neg: Dakota Access Pipeline 2017. On June 1, 2017, testing was completed and the pipeline became commercially operational. Near the central Illinois end of the pipeline, debate about the trade-off's between the environment, farm-life and the economy continued after the pipeline began operation. Even before starting commercial operations several leaks occurred. On March 3, 2017, of oil leaked at the terminal of the feeder-line in Watford City, North Dakota. That line is separate from the Dakota Access Pipeline and is operated by a separate shipper. On March 5, leaked in Mercer County. A further spill of crude oil occurred at a South Dakota pumping

neg: Brisbane, North Dakota Brisbane, North Dakota Brisbane is a ghost town in what was then Morton County but today is Grant County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. A 1910 application for a new post office at Brisbane from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. locates Brisbane in section 9 of Township 133 north, Range 86 west. (To understand what the terms "township" and "range", please see the article Township.) An article in the Leith, North Dakota, Index newspaper dated March 1, 1913 states that Brisbane had been established 2 years earlier and that a general store, a hardware

neg: North Dakota oil boom North Dakota. Of the lease sale and royalties from the federal tracts, the federal government keeps 52 percent, and passes 48 percent on to the state of North Dakota. The industrialization and population boom has put a strain on roads, water supplies, sewage systems, and government services in the area. Some counties have increased in population by almost double from 20,000 to 40,000. The boom has brought with it increases in crime and social problems. The addition of thousands of oil workers has led to a housing shortage, requiring the construction of camps for housing them. Law enforcement agencies have

neg: North Dakota Heritage Center It also publishes the North Dakota History Journal and several other publications. The State Archives manages storage and preservation for books, periodicals, maps, photographs, manuscripts, newspapers, oral histories and film. Collections include millions of artifacts representing more than 12,000 years of human history from across North Dakota. There are also resources files critical to oil, coal, wind, road, and bridge contractors. A statewide network of 56 state historic sites is administered from the North Dakota Heritage Center. Specimens include a gem, mineral, and rock collection and the state fossil collection containing millions of specimens ranging in scale from microscopic shells

neg: Cara Mund the first woman to run for President of the United States. Mund began pageantry as a child, capturing the titles of Little Miss North Dakota, Miss Pre-Teen North Dakota, and Miss Junior Teen North Dakota. Mund later competed in Miss North Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2010 as Miss Red River Valley's Outstanding Teen. She went on to win the competition, and competed in Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2011. She later was the 4th runner-up at the Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2012 pageant. Mund later competed in Miss North Dakota 2016 as Miss Oil Country, and was the first runner-up. She

neg: History of North Dakota treaties defined the territory of the different tribes in North Dakota. In 1861, the area that is now North Dakota was incorporated into the new Dakota Territory along with what is now South Dakota. On November 2, 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota became separate states. Eager to attract immigrants, state officials broadcast widely pamphlets and newspaper accounts celebrating the "Myth of North Dakota." This myth included: 1) the myth of the garden; 2) the "work and win" philosophy that promise to the realization of the American Dream of home ownership through hard work; and 3) an image of an

neg: Oil sands by several factors. One is that the transmission pipelines from Alberta are operating at or near capacity and companies who cannot get pipeline space have to move oil by rail instead. Another is that many refineries on the east, west, and Gulf coasts of North America are under-served by pipelines since they assumed that they would obtain their oil by ocean tanker. Producers of new oil in Alberta, North Dakota, and West Texas are now shipping oil by rail to coastal refiners who are having difficulty obtaining international oil at prices competitive with those in the interior of North America.

neg: North Dakota Mill and Elevator North Dakota Mill and Elevator The North Dakota Mill and Elevator is the largest flour mill in the United States. It is located in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Established by the state government when it was led by Nonpartisan League representatives, it is the only state-owned milling facility in the United States. It is overseen by the North Dakota Industrial Commission, whose members are all public officers elected by popular vote. The North Dakota Mill and Elevator Association started operations on October 22, 1922. The facility was built by the state as a way of bypassing what

neg: Tioga, North Dakota Tioga, North Dakota Tioga ( ) is a city in Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,230 at the 2010 census. Tioga was founded in 1902 and named by settlers from Tioga, New York. The population of the city increased dramatically in the 1950s following the discovery of oil nearby in the Williston Basin. Tioga is located at (48.396414, -102.937634). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,230 people, 542 households, and 323 families

neg: Williston station Williston station Williston is a train station in Williston, North Dakota, served by Amtrak's "Empire Builder" line. The brick station was built in 1910 by the Great Northern Railway and is located at the southern end of Williston's downtown. An interior and exterior restoration, begun in 2010 and costing almost $2 million, has returned the station to its original look. With the recent opening of new oil fields in North Dakota in the 21st century, many oil production workers now also board and detrain in Williston, adding additional passengers to the route. Ridership at the station had a particular spike

neg: North Dakota Highway 9 is now ND 32. When US 52 was extended into North Dakota around 1935, ND 9 was truncated to its current alignment. North Dakota Highway 9 North Dakota Highway 9 (ND 9) is a state highway in eastern North Dakota. It follows a zigzag pattern from U.S. Route 52 (US 52) and US 281 at Melville to ND 1 outside of Rogers. ND 9 originally extended to Canada, and at its current eastern terminus, it followed the route of what is now ND 1 south, but when US 52 was extended into North Dakota, ND 9 was truncated to its

neg: Belfield, North Dakota the thriving oil activity in the area. The city has several businesses including the Trapper's Kettle Restaurant and Motel, Dairy Queen, The Cowboy Inn, Cenex/Superpumper, Dan's Conoco Station, The Roughrider Bar and Steakhouse, Belfield Laundromat, Loved N Hated Tattoo and several others. Belfield, North Dakota Belfield is a city in Stark County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 800 at the 2010 census. Belfield was founded in 1883. It is part of the Dickinson Micropolitan Statistical Area. Belfield is located at (46.885981, -103.198622). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of

neg: Grand Lodge of North Dakota Grand Lodge of North Dakota The Grand Lodge of North Dakota, formally known as the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons of North Dakota, is the governing body of the largest group of masonic lodges in North Dakota. It follows the Anglo-American tradition of Freemasonry common in the United States. The first known Mason to set foot upon the rich and verdant soil of what would eventually become North Dakota was Meriwether Lewis, a member of Saint Louis Lodge No. 111 of Missouri. The first lodge in Dakota was created by the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge

neg: Amoco United States, including Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. It had the exclusive rights to use the Standard name in the region. It purchased the Dixie Oil Company of Louisiana in 1919 and began investing in other oil companies outside its Standard marketing territory. Blaustein incorporated his business as the American Oil Co. in 1922. In 1923 the Blausteins sold a half interest in American Oil to the Pan American Petroleum & Transport company in exchange for a guaranteed supply of oil. Before this deal, Amoco was forced to depend on Standard Oil

neg: Brisbane, North Dakota the coming spring. This part of the country is advancing fast and every one is doing well. Quite a little dairying is being carried on in the Brisbane vicinity. (Leith Index March 1, 1913) Brisbane, North Dakota Brisbane is a ghost town in what was then Morton County but today is Grant County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. A 1910 application for a new post office at Brisbane from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. locates Brisbane in section 9 of Township 133 north, Range 86 west. (To understand what the terms "township" and "range",

neg: Williston Basin International Airport Williston Basin International Airport Williston Basin International Airport is an airport under construction near Williston, a city in the U.S. state of North Dakota. It is located roughly northwest of the city. Williston Basin Airport will have two runways and a terminal building. It is being built to replace Sloulin Field International Airport, which currently serves Williston and has experienced difficulty dealing with the increase in air traffic to Williston amid the North Dakota oil boom. The project is expected to be completed by late 2019. The airport currently serving Williston, North Dakota, is Sloulin Field International Airport. Sloulin Field

neg: Heimdal, North Dakota Heimdal, North Dakota Heimdal is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Wells County, North Dakota, United States. Its population was 27 as of the 2010 census. On May 6, 2015, a train carrying oil derailed and caught fire near Heimdal. Heimdal is located at (47.792778, −99.645). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 27 people, 13 households, and 6 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 33 housing units at an average density of

neg: Target Lodging In 2007, the company began its first natural resources project, providing housing for copper mine operations in Morenci, Arizona. Its first oil field project was in 2010, when the company expanded into North Dakota. The majority of the company's current operations take place in the region, as a result of the North Dakota oil boom. In 2012, Target Lodging continued its work in the oil industry and expanded into South Texas to support the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford Shale operations. In this year, Target Lodging also introduced its mobile crew camps, which are self-contained, movable structures designed for

neg: Battle of the Badlands Battle of the Badlands The Battle of the Badlands was fought in Dakota Territory, in what is now western North Dakota, between the United States army led by General Alfred Sully and the Lakota, Yanktonai, and the Dakota Indian tribes. The battle was fought August 7–9, 1864 between what are now Medora and Sentinel Butte, North Dakota. It was an extension of the conflict begun in the Dakota War of 1862. Sully successfully marched through the badlands encountering only moderate resistance from the Sioux. In the aftermath of the Dakota War of 1862, the U.S. government continued to punish the

neg: Basin Safety Consulting Corporation use of cloud-based systems as a reason it survived the changing oil market. Basin is a member of the North Dakota Petroleum Council. The company has sponsored local events including the Williston Chamber of Commerce awards banquet, Rockin' Ribfest, and a local open mic. Basin Safety Consulting Corporation Basin Safety Consulting Corporation is an American health and safety company headquartered in Williston, North Dakota. Positioned in the petroleum-rich Williston Basin, Basin has provided services such as on-site consulting, safety training, equipment servicing, and compliance programs to clients in the oil and gas industry since 2012. The company serves the Williston,

neg: Amherst, South Dakota east of 416 Avenue south of the village. Amherst, South Dakota Amherst is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, South Dakota, United States. Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Amherst has been assigned the ZIP code of 57421. A post office called Amherst was established in 1887. The community most likely takes its name from Amherst, Massachusetts. Approximately two and half miles southeast of the village a rupture of the Keystone Pipeline caused what is being called the largest oil spill in South Dakota history on November 16, 2017. The spill is an area about 100 yards in radius

neg: Amherst, South Dakota Amherst, South Dakota Amherst is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, South Dakota, United States. Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Amherst has been assigned the ZIP code of 57421. A post office called Amherst was established in 1887. The community most likely takes its name from Amherst, Massachusetts. Approximately two and half miles southeast of the village a rupture of the Keystone Pipeline caused what is being called the largest oil spill in South Dakota history on November 16, 2017. The spill is an area about 100 yards in radius within a conservation reserve field about a mile

neg: Northstar Line 8, 2010, it was announced that the planned extension of the line to St. Cloud had been indefinitely delayed. Projected ridership is not sufficient to qualify for federal funding. Northstar operates on one of the busiest freight rail corridors in Minnesota with up to fifty freight trains per day plus the twice daily Amtrak "Empire Builder". Freight traffic has increased in recent years due to the oil boom in North Dakota, with BNSF hauling the crude oil from North Dakota through the Twin Cities. This has caused severe delays for the Empire Builder and Northstar. Another cause of delays were

neg: Lyons Garage (Grand Forks, North Dakota) historic resources were surveyed in 1981; the Northern Pacific Depot and Freight House is the other. There has been reported paranormal activity in the building, including the apparition of small man in overalls carrying an old oil can. Lyons Garage (Grand Forks, North Dakota) Lyons Garage is a building in Grand Forks, North Dakota that was built in 1929 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The rectangular building was built as an expansion of an adjacent Lyons Auto Supply company building that had been built in 1912. The 1912 building is not included in

neg: Alex Krycek black oil-controlled Krycek goes to the ship, which has been moved to an abandoned missile silo in North Dakota. The black oil extracts itself from Krycek, leaving him locked indefinitely in the silo with the ship. Krycek is next found during an FBI raid, and taken into custody by Mulder and Scully. They learn that Krycek was recruited by an extremist militia group on a salvage hunt from the silo in North Dakota, and he informs the agents they must track the source of an extraterrestrial rock, brought to America by a foreign diplomat, to a gulag in Russia. The