After decades of population decline, ND officials wonder what oil boom will bring
Not long ago, Doug Burgum, one of North Dakota's leading businessmen, showed an audience of tech entrepreneurs a glimpse of the future: a mocked up front page of Fargo's newspaper with the headline that says "ND population breaks 1M."
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Governor unveils $80M plan for parks, conservation as alternative to ballot measure
Gov. Jack Dalrymple rolled out a plan Monday to spend more than $80 million on state parks and conservation efforts as a "sound and balanced" alternative to a November ballot measure that would establish a conservation fund supported by oil tax revenue.
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Oil execs say Bakken crude stabilization unnecessary
Oil industry officials tried to convince North Dakota regulators Tuesday that current methods of removing volatile gases from Bakken crude oil before loading it onto trains are adequate, and additional measures would be a "costly, redundant process" with no extra safety benefits.
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Frack sand plant gains Richardton Planning Commission OK
The City of Richardton's Planning Commission recommended approval of a Halliburton frack sand plant after tabling it at its last meeting over landowner concerns.
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ONEOK to construct NG processing facilities in North Dakota and Wyoming
ONECK Partners LP plans to invest $480 million to $680 million between now and the end of the third quarter of 2016 to build a new natural gas processing facility of 80 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) - the Bear Creek plant - and related infrastructure in northwest Dunn County, North Dakota, which will process natural gas produced from the Bakken shale play in the Williston Basin.
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