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JULY 10, 2017

The North Dakota Industrial Commission has awarded Tesoro $500,000 to support a $3.5-million North Dakota made the award under its Renewable Energy Council Grant Round 33. The refinery has a capacity of 20,000 barrels per day (bpd) and primarily processes domestic crude oil from North Dakota delivered by pipeline.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

What does North Dakota have in common with Iran? If North Dakota were a country, it would rank fifth behind Russia, Nigeria, Iran, and Iraq on the list of worst natural-gas wasters, according to the World Bank.

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MAY 2, 2013

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) released an updated oil and gas resource assessment for the Bakken Formation and a new assessment for the Three Forks Formation in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana, resulting in a two-fold increase in the estimated technically recoverable oil, and a three-fold increase in estimated natural gas.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Meanwhile, the states with the lowest levels of EV adoption—Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Wyoming, Louisiana, South Dakota, West Virginia and North Dakota—have gone in the opposite direction, with adoption rates declining on average in the first half of 2023.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

A state selection committee comprising members from the North Dakota Department of Commerce and Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS), which administers Vantis, selected Thales as the long-term systems integrator for Vantis design, operations and maintenance. As the system matures, Vantis will continue its expansion across the state.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

As districts continue to see the environmental benefits of low- and zero-emissions solutions, such as electric, it is inevitable for our industry to see this shift. We have deployed buses in over 25% of all states in the US, including cold climates such as North Dakota and New York, as well as hot areas such as Texas and Georgia.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

When fully developed, Summit Carbon Solutions will have an infrastructure network (pipeline and injection wells) capable of capturing and permanently storing more than 10 million tons of carbon dioxide annually in underground saline formations in North Dakota—equivalent to taking 2 million cars off the road per year.

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JUNE 8, 2022

Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. The method is already being tested in Texas, North Dakota, and most recently in New Stanton, Pa.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

BNSF Railway (BNSF) has increased capacity in 2012 to enable the railroad to haul one million barrels of oil per day out of the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana. BNSF connects to 16 of the top 19 oil producing counties in Central and Western North Dakota, and five of the six oil producing counties in Eastern Montana.

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AUGUST 22, 2020

University of North Dakota. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) technology is evolving rapidly and the FAA is working to keep pace with industry and to integrate UAS into the National Airspace System. A gap in UAS integration is having standards developed by industry which the FAA can use for policy and rulemaking activity.

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MAY 21, 2014

Bakken crude is similar to other North American light, sweet crudes and does not pose a greater risk to transport by rail than other transportation fuels, according to a study recently completed by Turner, Mason & Company for the North Dakota Petroleum Council (NDPC). The data indicated no significant changes in transit.

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MAY 3, 2021

Williston Basin (Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota): University of North Dakota plans to lead a coalition to drive the expansion and transformation of coal and coal-based resource usage within the Williston Basin to extract rare earth elements and critical minerals and produce non-fuel carbon-based products.

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MAY 19, 2011

The US Geological Survey will update its 2008 estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas in the US portion of the Bakken Formation, an important domestic petroleum resource located in North Dakota and Montana. — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. Source: USGS. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 17, 2015

Oil production in North Dakota has exploded over the last five years, from negligible levels before 2010 to well over a million barrels per day, making North Dakota the second largest oil producing state in the country. The Strike Force in North Dakota is expected to yield similar results, the feds believe.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

The EERC will tailor its jet fuel technologies for at least two selected North Dakota feedstock oils, and a 2-gallon jet fuel sample will be produced from each feedstock. The North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) awarded $500,000 in cost-share funding. Earlier post.) Diesel Fuel.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

Multiple flares observed in operation in the Bakken Formation in the Williston Basin in North Dakota, 2021. Industry and regulators operate under the assumption flares are constantly lit and that they burn off 98% of methane when in operation. A paper on the work is published in Science.

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APRIL 14, 2009

The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) Foundation in Grand Forks, North Dakota, allowance for a patent application on a high-pressure production process for reforming liquid fuels, such as ethanol, methanol, and gasoline, to hydrogen for vehicle fueling.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

OmniGas uses a patent-pending molten slag approach to produce syngas that can be used by more than 14,000 US industrial consumers of large volumes of natural gas. Diversified Energy completed a detailed design of the demonstration reactor based on results and lessons from previous testing. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 6, 2010

The universities—located in Georgia, Texas, North Dakota, Louisiana, California, and New York—will investigate the technology needed for the efficient operation of turbines using coal-derived synthesis gas (syngas) and high hydrogen content (HHC) fuels. University of North Dakota , Grand Forks, N.D.

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MAY 4, 2011

US Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) introduced a bill—the Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011— that would extend, through 2016, at descending levels, the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, or VEETC, which is also known as the blenders’ credit.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The partners will identify, develop and deploy projects that integrate Mitsubishi Power’s power generation and hydrogen technologies with DT Midstream’s energy infrastructure development and operational expertise to decarbonize utility, transportation and industrial sectors.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota, in partnership with Cummins Power Generation, Inc., has begun a project to demonstrate the production of heat and power from high-moisture biomass.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

The company is committed to a long-term program to convert its huge lignite holdings into liquid products such as gasoline and methanol, as well as industrial nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Accelergy Corporation has begun production of a synthetic fuel from coal and biomass, to be evaluated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the industry benchmark for 100% synthetic jet fuel. Production from this facility will commence in the 3 rd quarter of this year. Groenewold, Director of the EERC. Camelina oil.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

A secure, reliable, and sustainable domestic supply of CMs and REEs is essential to the continued health of the US energy and electronics industries and is an important contributor to national security. University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND). MP Mine Operations LLC (Mountain Pass, CA). Tetra Tech, Inc. Tetra Tech, Inc.

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AUGUST 29, 2015

The University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) is working with FuelCell Energy, Inc., The ability to monetize natural gas in cost-effective smaller-scale plants could be a value-added prospect in various industries. The Research ND award was a first for the EERC.

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APRIL 10, 2012

If successful, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne will make the pump available to industry for commercial use. There it will undergo 9–12 months of demonstration-scale testing to determine the pump’s flexibility in handling feed types, particle sizes, and pressure ranges.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

a provider of information, marketing and advisory services for the oil and gas industry. Industry appetite for oil-rich resource plays, particularly the North Dakota Bakken shale, Texas Eagle Ford shale and Ohio Utica shale, drove deal activity in the unconventional sector to a record $62 billion.

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

That begs the question; could a shakeout of the oil industry spark a broader financial crisis? Moreover, an economic downturn in regions that depend heavily on energy, such as Texas or North Dakota, could see a broader decline in demand for loans of all kinds. That could add to the pain for local banks.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

has entered into a joint development program with the Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks for converting a wide variety of biomass and waste into bio-butanol. Syntec Biofuel Inc.

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JUNE 30, 2010

The Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships initiative is a government-industry effort that is determining the best approaches for capturing and storing gases that can contribute to climate change. Project outcomes may be applicable to many other sites in the PCOR Partnership region and in similar settings globally.

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JUNE 27, 2012

The Bakken and Three Forks fields in North Dakota and Montana alone could become the equivalent of a Persian Gulf-producing country within the United States. Industry needs to develop technological solutions to minimize water use, minimize and report chemical use, and carefully monitor production sites. shale oil production.

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JUNE 5, 2016

The field projects will also help to find cost effective ways to treat extracted brines in order to generate a usable water supply and support DOE’s objectives to improve water management and conservation for power generation, hydrocarbon production, and industrial processes; particularly in regions where water resources are scarce.

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AUGUST 23, 2014

The use of pipeline interconnections is a standard industry practice; multiple interconnections already exist between Enbridge Lines 2, 3, and 4 both in Canada and the United States. From Enbridge Exhibit B as published by the US State Department. The red lines show the connections between the Alberta Clipper and Line 3.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Brigham, based in Austin, Texas, has a strong position in the Bakken and Three Forks tight oil plays in the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana. Brigham has drilled 88 consecutive producing North Dakota wells, with an average early 24 hour peak production rate of approximately 2,800 boe per day.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota also has been awarded a subcontract by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to help produce 100% renewable jet fuel from algae. Actual usage in the fleet will depend on industry production capability. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 25, 2011

Technically recoverable oil and gas resources are those quantities of oil and gas producible using currently available technology and industry practices, regardless of economic or accessibility considerations. billion barrels of natural gas liquids. Coleman, J.L., Milici, R.C., Charpentier, R.R., Kirshbaum, Mark, Klett, T.R., Pollastro, R.M.,

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