oil industry

BISMARCK—Five rules governing oil work sites have been delayed by an interim committee with the likelihood they will not be implemented this construction season. "Now, we'll have lost a construction season," said Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, a member of the North Dakota...

BISMARCK -- Falling commodity prices and state budget cuts may be prompting some North Dakotans to fear a case of deja vu is coming on. In some ways, the economic slowdown the state is now experiencing mirrors what it went through in the 1980s. That era saw oil prices and farm incomes...

BISMARCK – Proposed fines against oil companies will get more scrutiny from the North Dakota Industrial Commission on Monday, but the discussion will occur behind closed doors. The Industrial Commission agenda for Monday includes discussion of six complaints against oil companies...

FARGO -- North Dakota's oil producers and their federal regulators spared at an industry conference on Tuesday over a raft of new rules with broad implications for energy development, the latest escalation in a war of words that has both parties aiming to sway public opinion. The...

Oil and natural gas producer Hess Corp. said it would sell half of its Bakken midstream assets to private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners for $2.68 billion and form a joint venture. Hess' shares, which had fallen about 11 percent this year, rose as much as 6.5 percent...

WASHINGTON — Rail operators are going to great lengths to prevent oil train derailments but the energy sector must do more to prevent accidents from becoming fiery disasters, the leading U.S. rail regulator said on Friday. Oil train tankers have jumped the tracks in a string of...

NEW YORK — Any lingering doubt about the depth of the crisis facing the U.S. energy industry is quickly evaporating as even the biggest firms slash spending amid the steepest oil price crash since the recession, sending ripples across the vast sector. In a stark sign of how a sudden,...

WILLISTON — A new North Dakota Petroleum Council survey shows widespread support for oil and gas development in the state, but the level of support has dropped slightly from the council’s two previous surveys. Eighty-three percent of North Dakotans surveyed last November say...