Dakota

Oil and natural gas production in North Dakota rebounded in June, with both commodities reaching new output highs in the state.

A vision to kick-start fledgling petrochemicals and other natural gas-related businesses in North Dakota to absorb burgeoning natural gas production from the Bakken Shale is attracting capital commitments from public and private sources for a year-old startup, backed by investors with energy project experience.

North Dakota will need a 71% increase in electric generation over the next 20 years to keep up with the robust oil and natural gas development in the Bakken Shale concentrated in the western half of the state, according to the North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC).

North Dakota officials are viewing as a constitutional duty to possibly file a lawsuit challenging a new law in Washington state that could restrict oil shipments from the Bakken Shale.

Hess Midstream Partners LP said Thursday it plans to expand the Tioga Gas Processing Plant in the Bakken Shale by 150 MMcf/d, creating a 400 MMcf/d processing facility north of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

The newly appointed chief of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a message for anyone shopping for natural gas, oil or coal: Buy American.

An energy industry-backed report released on Wednesday concluded that in the last five years North Dakota has derived more than 50% of its revenues from the oil and natural gas sector.

With oil and natural gas production growing at a record-setting pace, North Dakota officials are closely tracking industry plans for pipeline takeaway infrastructure that at the end of 2018 included natural gas liquids (NGL) and oil projects, along with processing plants and a refinery.

Eight U.S. states and the Gulf of Mexico are among the top 10 best places in the world in which to invest in oil and natural gas, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual survey.