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STAFF BLOG OIL PATCH DISPATCH WITH FORUM COMMUNICATIONS' AMY DALRYMPLE N.D. workers return home after Oklahoma tornado
WILLISTON, N.D. -- Pilot Liz Lillard was in Williston on Monday as she watched a live feed of a massive tornado pass over her childrens day care in Moore, Okla. Its the worst feeling in the world to w...
Posted on 5/22/13 at 12:43 AM
REAL OILFIELD WIVES You Know You Are a Real Oilfield Wife When...
You Know You Are a Real Oilfield Wife When... You have to blow dust off your razor the day before your husband is due home... it's been THAT long since you shaved your legs. In North Dakota and Canad...
Posted on 4/23/13 at 9:24 AM
THE NEW FORTY Senate Bill 2326...don't drink the Kool-Aid!
It is a good thing I don't live in Bismarck. Heaven only knows how much time I would spend at the Capitol frothing at the mouth while trying to convey to legislators the idiocy of some of the things t...
Posted on 2/17/13 at 12:22 PM
ASTRO BOB Earth at night glows with lovely and loathsome lights
Wherever we go, our lights go with us. If we were more thoughtful about choosing the right type of lighting fixtures, it wouldn't be such a problem, but we're generally not. Photos taken late last y...
Posted on 1/12/13 at 1:06 PM
FRESH MOJO: LIFE IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA DURING AN OIL BOOM No end in sight to rent gouging
After Lori Patricks letter to the editor appeared in the Nov. 15 issue of The Dickinson Press, it appeared that she and her husband were being forced out for good from western North Dakota because the...
Posted on 1/2/13 at 10:22 AM
Dalrymple: Experiencing the ‘Patch’ firsthand 
WILLISTON, N.D. – It’s only been one month since I moved to Williston, and I’ve already had a mini Oil Patch experience.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , March 13, 2012
Oil boom agitates laundry services
BISMARCK – Oil field clothes can tear up a washing machine. Several laundry businesses have had to close their doors to workers but others are building their businesses around the boom.
By Jessica Holdman, Bismarck Tribune , March 04, 2012
North Dakota lawmakers pass fracking bill as safeguard against possible future problems with EPA
BISMARCK – North Dakota is going on the defense to protect the state’s oil industry.
January 21, 2011
TransCanada secures contracts to ship oil
TransCanada says feeder pipelines to move crude from Bakken FormationBISMARCK – TransCanada Corp. said Thursday that it has secured enough contracts to ship 65,000 barrels of oil daily from Montana and North Dakota on its proposed oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
By James MacPherson, Associated Press , January 21, 2011
Tiny particles used by oil drillers in big demand
BISMARCK – State geologists are hopeful North Dakota’s sands and clays will work as a substitute for increasingly sparse imported materials used to boost the recovery of crude.
By James MacPherson, Associated Press , January 10, 2011
North Dakota roads limit oil production
BISMARCK – Roads battered by heavy truck traffic in western North Dakota’s oil country are already hampering development and driving up shipping costs, transportation analysts told lawmakers who will be deciding how much money to spend repairing the network.
By Dale Wetzel, Associated Press , January 07, 2011
North Dakota Oil Patch: Tribes see cons of oil
BISMARCK – Drawbacks to the state’s oil boom outweigh the benefits to North Dakota’s Indian tribes and will remain so unless work is done to alleviate difficulties on the reservation, says Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Tex Hall.
January 07, 2011
Oil-filled wine bottles being sold in North Dakota towns
WILLISTON, N.D. – Wine bottles filled with oil are being sold at gas stations in Tioga and Stanley to raise money for local charities.
By Associated Press , November 21, 2010
New oil source in North Dakota could rival Bakken
BISMARCK – An oil reservoir in western North Dakota holds nearly as much recoverable crude as the rich Bakken shale formation above it, a new state study shows.
By James MacPherson, Associated Press Writer , April 30, 2010
ND study says new oil formation rivals rich Bakken shale formation
BISMARCK (AP) — An oil reservoir in western North Dakota holds nearly as much recoverable crude as the rich Bakken shale formation above it, a new state study shows.
By James MacPherson, Associated Press Writer , April 29, 2010
TransCanada to consider North Dakota, Montana oil
BILLINGS, Mont. – Trans-Canada executives said Wednesday they will consider letting Montana and North Dakota crude oil onto a proposed pipeline to the Gulf of Mexico, after hearing demands for access from U.S. oil producers.
By Associated Press , March 04, 2010
Bakken oil boom expected to last
Eighty-five drilling rigs were burrowing in North Dakota’s oil patch last week, each spending an average of $1 every second to pay costs including workers, fuel and electricity.
By Patrick Springer , January 24, 2010
North Dakota oil production expected to surge
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s already burgeoning oil production could soar another 50 percent next year as the state’s capacity to export crude catches up with its ability to pump it, state regulators and industry officials say.
By By Dale Wetzel, Associated Press Writer , November 09, 2009
North Dakota eyes huge new oil field
Formations below Bakken shale may be even more fruitfulBISMARCK – Dozens of fruitful wells beneath the rich Bakken shale in North Dakota continue to fuel a hunch among oilmen and geologists that another vast crude-bearing formation may be buried in the state’s vast oil patch.
By James MacPherson, Associated Press Writer , July 15, 2009
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