North Dakota

Gas-capturing targets were met for most of the year as routine flaring drops to just 7.5% statewide and even lower in the Bakken Shale.

A subsidiary-owned pipeline near Marmon, North Dakota, spilled more than 700,000 bbl of produced water over a period of almost 5 months in 2014–2015.

A 2-year study of a formation used for saltwater disposal in the Bakken may hold promise of decreasing the pressurization of the formation and increasing the reuse of the briny produced water.

The US Army Corps of Engineers deferred any decision to shut the line back to the district court.

The pipeline continues to operate as courts weigh expedited appeals from the Army Corp of Engineers and Energy Transfer.

Texas Railroad commissioners recognize the battering Texas oil companies, and their workers, are taking, but will continue considering their options until 5 May.

The complete paper describes a Monte Carlo simulation approach and field analysis showing that a small-scale GTL plant in North Dakota could be a profitable solution to mitigating the state’s current flaring rate of 35% of the natural gas produced.

Output fell below 12 million B/D and was down more than 300,000 B/D from an all-time high in April, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration.

Average production from Bakken wells completed more than 3 years after they were drilled was approximately equal to wells drilled a year before they were put into service, according to a study by the US Energy Information Administration.

Obstetrics are disappearing from rural counties across America, but not in the oil patch. In McKenzie County, North Dakota, Whiting Oil and Gas has donated to build a new wing of the McKenzie County Health Care Center devoted to labor and delivery.