Tag: North Dakota
Natural gas production in Bakken region increases at faster rate than oil production
New targets set in 2014 to limit flaring to 10% by Oct. 1, 2020 In North Dakota’s Bakken region, the ratio of natural gas production relative to crude oil, known as the gas-oil ratio, has been gradually increasing since 2008 and has increased at a faster rate since 2014, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. […]
Tiny Wyoming tops oil and gas giant Texas by a mile as biggest energy producing state
Wyoming provides 40% of American coal, is 6th biggest natural gas producer EIA recently released State Energy Data System estimates for net energy supply, which provide data on each state’s total primary energy production and consumption. Wyoming, Texas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and North Dakota ranked as the top five net suppliers of energy in 2015, according to […]
US news brief July 26: Residential electricity sales have fallen since 2010
Also in this brief: New York District court dismisses lawsuit challenging Zero Emissions Credit Program, TPG Growth closes acquisition of Discovery Midstream Following sustained growth through 2010, U.S. residential electricity sales have declined in both absolute and per capita terms, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Although changes in the weather are a key driver of […]
Bakken crude ships to Asia for the first time, more after DAPL complete
Bakken crude shipped from Louisiana port The first shipment of Bakken crude to Asia left a Louisiana port late last month, which is expected to be the first of many cargoes once the Dakota Access Pipeline starts transporting oil in May. According to shipping documents seen by Reuters, Swiss-based Mercuria Energy Trading S.A. loaded over […]
Dakota Access Pipeline to start interstate delivery on May 14
Dakota Access Pipeline carries Bakken crude to Illinois The Dakota Access Pipeline will start shipping Bakken crude on May 14, according to a tariff filed with the US Federal Regulatory Commission. On Thursday, Energy Transfer Partners LP filed the tariff, which details the pipeline and oil to be delivered, with the commission. The $3.8 billion Dakota Access […]
Bakken output set to rise as Dakota Access Pipeline opens
Bakken output will get to refineries, Gulf Coast customers cheaper North Dakota oil producers are expecting Bakken output to increase after the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline goes online next month. Reuters reports the North Dakota to central Illinois pipeline is expected to save the energy industry $540 million in annual shipping fees. These savings should help boost […]
Dakota Access court challenge denied, oil could flow by next week
Dakota Access Pipeline endangers drinking water source: Standing Rock Sioux On Tuesday, a federal judge denied a request by the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River tribes to halt construction of the final piece of the Dakota Access Pipeline. US District Judge James Boasberg denied the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s motion for a preliminary injunction against […]
US wind generating capacity surpasses hydro capacity at end of 2016
ERCOT’s recent record of 16,022 MW occurred on morning of Dec. 25, accounted for more than 47% of generation mix Installed wind electric generating capacity in the United States surpassed conventional hydroelectric generating capacity, long the nation’s largest source of renewable electricity, after 8,727 megawatts (MW) of new wind capacity came online in 2016, according […]
U.S. judge to rule on Dakota Access Pipeline easement in early March
Dakota Access Pipeline would harm religious practices: Tribes WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge said on Tuesday he hopes to decide by about March 7 on a request by Native American tribes for the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw an easement on religious grounds for the final link of the Dakota Access […]
Dakota Access protesters regroup, plot resistance to other pipelines
Dakota Access protesters say awareness of pipeline issues raised nationwide By Terray Sylvester CANNON BALL, N.D., Feb 25 (Reuters) – Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline who were pushed out of their protest camp this week have vowed to keep up efforts to stop the multibillion-dollar project and take the fight to other pipelines as well. […]
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