Thursday, January 18, 2024

Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Division, State of North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division was notified of a spill occurring Sunday, January 14 at Mountrail County, North Dakota. 


Thursday, January 18, 2024

Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Division, State of North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division was notified of an oil spill occurring Tuesday, January 16 at Dunn County, North Dakota. The fluid stayed on location.


Thursday, January 18, 2024

Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Division, State of North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division was notified of an equipment failure occurring, Tuesday, January 16 at McKenzie County, North Dakota. 


Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Division, State of North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division was notified of an oil spill occurring Saturday, January 13 at the JORE (FEDERAL) 1-12H well, McKenzie County, North Dakota.  The spill remained within the tank battery containment berm. 


Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Division, State of North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division was notified of a water injection line leak occurring Thursday, January 11 at the RS-ROSS 65-85 SWD1. All produced water has stayed on pad and within the berm. There is no offsite impact. 


Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Division, State of North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division was notified of an oil spill occurring Saturday, January 13 at Watford City, McKenzie County, North Dakota.  The Brine spill within containment, froze pipe.


Monday, December 18, 2023 at 03:00 pm

Categories: Geological Survey, Paleo/Fossil, State of North Dakota

Partial mammoth skeleton with complete tusk will be the focus of scientific research and educational outreach 


Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Division

Monday, September 11, 2023

Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas Division

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Geological Survey, State of North Dakota

BISMARCK, ND - Three months after announcing their first critical mineral discovery, Lynn Helms, Director of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, and Ed Murphy, North Dakota State Geologist, announce the North Dakota Geological Survey has discovered a second interval of rocks in western North Dakota that contains elevated concentrations of critical minerals, some of which are significantly enriched.

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