The American people were just dealt a partial win in securing the energy future. A federal judge in North Dakota ruled that the Department of the Interior (DOI) did not have the right to stop North Dakota oil and gas lease sales on public land. The ruling came from U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Traynor
Read More...natural gas now Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. Bit Coin Mining Use of Flared Natural Gas to CancelEmissions Shows Why Fractivists Will Never Outwit the Industry
Read More...Nicholas Romano Chester County Landowner … … [Editor’s Note: Nick Romano makes the DAPL case clear; it is a matter of whether the rule of law still applies, doesn’t or only applies to the favored few.] Seeking Alpha says “Energy Transfer plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in its ongoing legal battle to
Read More...Seeking to protect North Dakota’s sovereignty, support good paying jobs and bolster tax revenue, state Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has written to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers laying down a marker on the future of the Dakota Access Pipeline ahead of a key federal court date on Friday. Stenehjem is defending the pipeline and
Read More...The North Dakota Public Service Commission this week voted 3-0 to approve the proposed expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), which involves building a pump station in Emmons County to help push up to twice as much crude oil through the line daily. Pipeline owner-developer Energy Transfer plans to begin construction on the facility this
Read More...According to environmental activists, fracking was one of the worst things to happen to North Dakota, bringing not only environmental pollution, but also soaring crime rates. While the start of the shale revolution in 2008 certainly brought tens of thousands of new residents to work the Bakken shale fields in North Dakota, new analysis of
Read More...South Dakota tribal leaders are requesting a public hearing in North Dakota about a proposed increase in crude oil carried by the Dakota Access Pipeline (Dapl), Kallanish Energy reports. Energy Transfer Partners plans to expand the pipeline’s capacity from more than 500,000 barrels per day, to as much as 1.1 million barrels per day (Mmbpd)
Read More...Caliber Midstream Holdings said Tuesday it’s acquired Bakken assets in North Dakota from American Midstream Partners for an undisclosed price, Kallanish Energy reports. The purchase expands Caliber’s crude oil gathering and transportation service lines and widens Caliber’s area of operations within McKenzie County, North Dakota. The acquired assets include a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-regulated crude
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Pipeline vandalism is both criminal and dangerous but apologists for it want us to believe it’s only protest and their right; that they’re victims. Shame! The EnviroPolitics blog included a headline yesterday that should infuriate anyone with the slightest respect for the law. “Protest a pipeline in these
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Out-of-town protesters are the workhorses of the pipeline opposition. Financed by billionaires, they destroy and disrupt, leaving behind their dirt. A fellow by the name of Matt Cordio, who is President of Skills Pipeline, a technology talent-solutions company, and the founder of Startup Milwaukee, recently wrote an outstanding
Read More...The North Dakota Public Service Commission this week approved a siting permit for a $125 million, 77-mile natural gas liquids pipeline in northwest North Dakota, Kallanish Energy learns. Oneok Bakken Pipeline LLC received a permit to construct a pipeline starting at the Demicks Lake natural gas processing plant in McKenzie County, North Dakota, extending southwest
Read More...An environmental group is taking its battle against an oil refinery being developed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park to the North Dakota Supreme Court. The National Parks Conservation Association (Npca) argued in its filing an air quality permit issued by the state Health Department for the $800 million Davis Refinery and upheld by a state
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