Medora District asks for public comments

The Medora Ranger District is patiently waiting for public comments on a proposal to explore for oil and gas deposits potentially located over an area of approximately 5,400 acres.

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BP: Crews lifting key device from Gulf face delay

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) — BP crews faced delays Saturday as they slowly raised the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, taking care not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation.

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BP raises blowout preventer, key evidence in probe

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP crews worked Saturday to slowly raise the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, careful not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation.

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Water testing begins after oil well 'killed'

Water testing begins after oil well 'killed'

Diagnostic testing will begin today on an oil well that was breached early Wednesday morning 2½ miles southwest of Killdeer.

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Crew kills oil leak

Support crews were able to “kill” a breached oil well 2½ miles southwest of Killdeer Thursday afternoon following a blowout Wednesday morning and officials say water sources are presently not in danger.

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Oil rig creates 1,000 barrel spill

Oil rig creates 1,000 barrel spill

KILLDEER — Oil, gas, chemicals and water continue to spew out of an oil well after a high pressure blowout at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, and it is unclear if the town’s main water source has been contaminated.

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Rig leaks water and oil near Killdeer

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Bear Paw Energy pursues natural gas project

A natural gas processing plant near Watford City capable of handling 100 million cubic feet per day could be fully operational in December 2011 after the state’s Public Service Commission reviewed a letter of intent Tuesday morning.

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Housing on the increase in Williston

Engineers to remove temporary cap from Gulf well Press Pass Archive

Engineers will start work Monday to remove the temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing out of BP's blown-out Gulf well

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For Gulf tourism, problem is perception not oil Press Pass Archive

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — On the great yawning porch that once belonged to Confederate president Jefferson Davis, two women sit in rockers listening to the cicadas and looking out over Mississippi Sound as they wait for their tour to begin.

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ND oil lease auctions double last year's record Press Pass Archive

‘The Patch’ way of life Press Pass Archive

‘The Patch’ way of life

The Dickinson Press and representatives from a number of Forum Communications newspapers have spent months in the field to get a clear understanding of what is referred to as the oil boom.

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Obama declares Gulf Coast ’open for business’ Press Pass Archive

Water a hot commodity Press Pass Archive

Water a hot commodity

Sprawling lines of shimmering, silver water trucks have quickly become a common vision on Dickinson’s Broadway Street, with some trucks waiting hours to fill.

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