One of Minnesota and North Dakota’s biggest energy suppliers is on the record with its plan to go greener. Xcel energy announced it will be ending dependence on coal in the Upper Midwest by the end of the next decade. Get the[...]
Section: Business & Economy
News |
ONEOK accelerating its Bakken growth projects
Oil prices and and producer confidence have been recovering slowly over the past several years. As a result, we’re again hearing of near-record production rates and seeing plans for investment in the region. Renee Jean with the Williston Herald has the story[...]
Curio |
Regina’s residential construction industry in ‘deep recession’
In an insular world, it’s easy to think we’re the only people and place facing a down economy. It’s not so as this article from the Regina Leader Post points out. Also worth noting, the cause attached to the slow down; top-down[...]
News |
North Dakota oil flows at near-record levels, flaring up
North Dakota oil continues to flow. In March, the average was almost 1.4 million barrels per day. But on the downside, flaring was also up as producers used exemptions in order to capture larger oil production. Natural gas capture infrastructure is expected[...]
News |
Saudi Arabia says oil tankers hit off UAE coast, Iran calls for probe
We know North Dakota has changed when news of an oil tanker conflict in the Mid-East can be characterized as a local topic. But that’s the world we live in. Reuters has the full story on the incident. It matters in North[...]
Subscribe!
It's free and it helps us grow and provide better information ForMinot!
News |
North Dakota 18th in the world in oil production
At 1.4 million barrels per day, North Dakota’s oil production makes it the 18th biggest producer in word today — if we were a country. By 2030, that number is expected to grow to more than 2 million barrels per day. Patrick[...]
News |
Western North Dakota most likely home for plastics plant
One byproduct of North Dakota’s growing oil production is gas. That same gas is an input in plastics manufacturing. And according to the report linked below from The Williston Herald, the plastics industry is starting to explore the opportunities associated with locating[...]
News |
Economic tax incentives being used to advance research and reduce emissions in Bakken
What do you do with a byproduct of the coal power generating industry that’s bad for the environment? In North Dakota, the goal is to use it to enhance the recovery of oil. And when that oil comes out, producers will enjoy[...]
News |
Iran will continue oil exports despite U.S. pressure
In what can now be described as a spat between world leaders, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will keep pumping oil despite a recent U.S. announcement that it will quit offering sanction-related waivers for purchase of Iranian oil exports. Meanwhile, production[...]
News |
U.S. Said to End Iran Oil Waivers After May 2 Expiration
Nothing moved North Dakota’s economy over the last 10-years like oil development and even with the slow down of the past few years, energy still has a massive impact on our economy, our communities, and our government budgets. All that makes us[...]
Subscribe!
It's free and it helps us grow and provide better information ForMinot!
News |
Crude-by-rail bill passes Washington House but with big change
The state of Washington’s legislature has been contemplating a bill that would require all oil delivered to the state’s refineries to be shipped with a vapor pressure below 9 psi. It’s a big deal for North Dakota oil producers because a lot[...]
Commentary |
MSU student life and contributions and entrepreneurship and innovation in the energy sector
GoodTalk Minot is a weekly collaboration between myself and Jonah Lantto of The Good Talk Network. Our focus: Minot and the people that make it interesting and keep it moving. This past week’s conversations featured the President of Minot State Student Government,[...]
Commentary |
The Case for Small Commercial Spaces
What type of land development fosters an entrepreneurial ecosystem? If we think in terms of the biological ecosystem, we don’t have sustainability unless there are species at every level of the food chain. That metaphor speaks to a start-small mentality; this commentary[...]
News |
Twin cities construction firms band with developers, schools to attract more workers
Construction is booming in the twin cities, but there’s still a problem — they don’t have enough workers. The solution? Right now it’s a program to attract more students into the construction trades. Stories of worker shortages are becoming more commonplace on[...]
News |
The economy keeps adding jobs, but filling them gets harder
Jobs, jobs, jobs — they aren’t hard to find. The tricky part is for the businesses that need qualified people to fill them. NPR has the story on the national trend, but there’s a message we’d do well to take note of[...]
Subscribe!
It's free and it helps us grow and provide better information ForMinot!
News |
County to try oil field brine for road dust control
An age-old problem in gravel-road country in getting a new take on an old solution. Dealing with dust and maintaining country roads — especially those traveled heavily during temporary uses like mining gravel — is an ongoing challenge. To address it, the[...]