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From boom to bust: Officials, candidates look at the future of North Dakota
It's an economic principle. For every boom, there is a bust. And the oil industry is booming in North Dakota.
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Dickinson considering crew camps
An energy company recently applied to put a 250-person crew camp in Dickinson, and city officials are considering selling land for similar projects.
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Hess donates $25 million for ND Education Project
An enery company will doate more than $25 million to fund a new North Dakota education program.
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Oil patch health-care facilities stressed as populations grow
Mercy Medical Center is dealing with a baby boom and a sharp increase in medical emergencies and clinic visits resulting from the area's oil boom. The medical center at the hub of the thriving Bakken Formation has $25 million in expansion projects in the pipeline as it scrambles to handle the spike in demand for health services. "We just were not equipped for the influx of young people and families," said Matt Grimshaw, chief executive of Mercy Medical Center.
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ND officials backing fracking for oil production
North Dakota's Industrial Commission is telling the federal Environmental Protection Agency that it doesn't need to regulate hydraulic fracturing in the state.
Fracking involves pumping water and grit underground at high pressure to break up oil shale rock. Department of Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms says it's crucial to oil production in western North Dakota.
The commission has approved a letter to a top EPA official in Washington that says state regulation of fracking is working well. It says the EPA should finish a study of fracking before it considers any rules.
Fracking was on the agenda at a Bismarck State College energy conference Monday.
The Industrial Commission consists of Gov. Jack Dalrymple, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring.
Source: The Dickinson Press
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