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REGROW Act could help oil industry Hayley Boland © Provided by Minot-Bsmrck-Dcknsn(Wlstn) KFYR-TV Oil Well BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - There’s a bipartisan bill in Congress that could offer some hope for the country’s oil industry. The Revive Economic Growth and Reclaim Orphaned Wells Act, also known as the REGROW Act, aims to provide funding to plug and remediate the nation’s orphaned wells. The bill would provide $4.75 billion for orphaned well cleanup on state and privat...

North Dakota, Using Taxpayer Funds, Bailed Out Oil and Gas Companies by Plugging Abandoned Wells The bailout, environmentalists say, raises bigger questions about who will pay, in an energy transition, to close off the nation’s millions of aging wells. May 23, 2021 An abandoned oil well sits on a farm in Western North Dakota, with contamination spreading into the field beyond it. Credit: Daryl Peterson Related Share this article When North Dakota directed more than $66 million in federal pand...

eogden@minotdailynews.com Eloise Ogden/MDN North Dakota has continued to produce more than a million barrels of oil a day, according to the most recent state report released in February. Four years ago, 64 rigs were actively drilling in the oil field in North Dakota. As of Tuesday, 17 rigs were actively drilling. The current downturn has had an impact on North Dakota’s oil patch but yet the state produced 1.083 million barrels of oil a day in February, the most recent numbers released by ...

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Whether the Dakota Access Pipeline can keep operating during a lengthy environmental review remains an open question following a court hearing April 9, in which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it was in a "continuous process of evaluating" the situation. The Corps was expected to say whether it would force the pipeline to stop pumping oil temporarily, but that decision will likely now fall to a federal judge overseeing the pipeline litigation. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg said...

Former Republican President Donald Trump appointed Mike Pompeo to the country's top foreign policy-making post in 2018 and he remains popular with Trump's loyal supporters.

Big Oil Fed State Educators Stats Used to Push Back on Biden’s Climate Goals Gizmodo 2 hrs ago © Photo: John Moore (Getty Images) For years, Big Oil has cozied up to American public schools—and now they seem to be cashing in their chips. New emails appear to show that some elected officials in charge of public schools may have been helped in attacking the Biden administration’s recent decision to pause oil and gas leasing on federal land by powerful oil industry lobbying groups. Popul...

Bismarck-Mandan business leaders who spoke at an economic forum Thursday said they are hoping for a better year. Members of the health care, higher education, service, and oil and gas industries spoke about their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year and their thoughts on the future at the Bismarck Mandan Chamber EDC Economic Outlook Forum. The Chamber also presented the results of its Economic Outlook Survey, which saw businesses anticipating better performance in 2021. K...

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5 Min Read HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. deep freeze will wreak havoc on oil and gas production for several days if not weeks, according to industry experts, as companies deal with frozen equipment and a lack of power to run operations. FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates in the Permian Basin oil and natural gas production area near Odessa, Texas, U.S., February 10, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo Texas produces more oil and natural gas than any other U.S. state, and its operators, unlike thos...