Oil and Gas Litigation Update for the North Dakota State CourtsMark D. Christiansen
Oil and gas are key to the economy of North Dakota, where hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling began an oil boom in the late 2000s. State officialspeggeda preliminary all-time high of 19,200 producing oil and gas wells in September. Oil taxes have com...
He also had earlier stints as a state senator and state GOP chairman. He owns investments in the oil and gas industries, including in a company owned by his family. As governor, he would serve on the three-member state Industrial Commission, which regulates an ...
with a wide flat coastal belt rising up to the semiarid Sacramento and Davis Mountains of the southwest; a major producer of cotton, rice, and livestock; the chief US producer of oil and gas; a leading world supplier of sulphur. Capital: Austin. Pop: 22 118 509 (2003 est). Area: 678...
Missoula, Mont.-The Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation (BOGC) complied with state environmental laws when it issued permits for 23 new natural gas wells along an oil- and gas-rich corridor in sage grouse habitat, the Montana Supreme Court has ruled (Montana Wildlife Federation v. Monta...
North Dakota, the second-largest producer behind Texas at 1.1 million barrels per day, counts on oil and gas for 6 percent of its revenue. Officials there were even more conservative, basing their budget projections on oil prices at $75 per barrel this year and $80 in 2015. ...
The state's coal and oil reserves are plentiful, and it also produces natural gas, lignite, clay, sand, and gravel. The Garrison Dam on the Missouri River provides extensive irrigation and produces 400,000 kilowatts of electricity for the Missouri Basin areas. Known for its waterfowl, grouse...
State Wind energy generation October 2024 Percentage (%) of total U.S. wind energy generation Texas 10,552 26.4 Iowa 4,543 11.4 Oklahoma 3,355 8.4 Kansas 2,867 7.2 Illinois 2,220 5.5 Colorado 1,582 4.0 Minnesota 1,401 3.5 North Dakota 1,354 3.4 New Mexico 1,290 3.2 Nebraska 1,201...
How It’s Going:Previously an oil and gas engineer, Hyde has become active in several philanthropic endeavors including the Alaska Museum of History and Art. Fact:Although he’s the wealthiest person in Alaska, he’s among the poorest on this list of millionaires and billionaires. ...
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Energy Department, Chris Wright, said Wednesday he supported increasing global access to oil and gas — even as he acknowledged that fossil fuels were driving climate change. "Energy is critical to human lives. Climate change is a global chall...