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EIA: North Dakota oil production reached new high of 770K bpd in 2012; transported by trucks and railroads

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MARCH 19, 2013

North Dakota crude oil production (including lease condensate) averaged an all-time high of 770,000 barrels per day in December 2012, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Much of crude oil production in North Dakota is gathered and transported by truck to railcars leaving the state.

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North Dakota 2012 Oil Transportation

EIA: More than 35% of natural gas produced in North Dakota is flared or otherwise not marketed due to infrastructure limitations

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NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Natural gas production in North Dakota has more than doubled since 2005, largely due to associated natural gas from the growing oil production in the Bakken shale formation. Gas production averaged more than 485 million cubic feet per day (MMcfd) in September 2011, compared to the 2005 average of about 160 MMcfd.

North Dakota

North Dakota Gas Market 2005

EIA: 5 states and the Gulf of Mexico produce more than 80% of US crude oil; shales drive the growth

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MARCH 31, 2014

Five states (Texas, North Dakota, California, Alaska, and Oklahoma) and the Gulf of Mexico supplied more than 80%, or 6 million barrels per day, of the crude oil (including lease condensate) produced in the United States in 2013, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Click to enlarge. million barrels per day.

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North Dakota Mexico Oil Oklahoma

EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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MAY 14, 2013

Energy-related CO 2 emissions buy state, 2010. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a new report, State-Level Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2010. Topping the list for absolute emissions in 2010 was Texas (652.6 tonnes of CO 2 per person), followed by North Dakota (80.4

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2010 Emissions California Transportation

Opinion: The Dark Side Of The Shale Bust

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JUNE 17, 2015

Oil production in North Dakota has exploded over the last five years, from negligible levels before 2010 to well over a million barrels per day, making North Dakota the second largest oil producing state in the country. The Strike Force in North Dakota is expected to yield similar results, the feds believe.

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North Dakota Montana Las Vegas Oil

API: US Gasoline Demand and Production in February Rise to Record Levels

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MARCH 18, 2010

Both US gasoline production and gasoline demand reached all-time highs for a February, according to the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Monthly Statistical Report, which reflects data from February 2010. Domestic crude oil production for February 2010 reached 5.5 Lower 48 crude production rose 5.5%

Gasoline

Gasoline North Dakota Production 2009

API: March US Gasoline Demand and Production Set Records

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APRIL 16, 2010

Total March deliveries of all products, including gasoline, distillate, kerosine-jet fuel, and residual fuel, rose 3.5% The record gasoline production in March makes it abundantly clear that supply is not an issue with the higher gasoline prices we’ve seen. US distillate production in March was up 5.3% in January 2010.

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Gasoline North Dakota Production 2009

USGS to update Bakken Formation oil assessment based on new geological information; potential for greater recovery

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MAY 19, 2011

The US Geological Survey will update its 2008 estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas in the US portion of the Bakken Formation, an important domestic petroleum resource located in North Dakota and Montana. Drilling and production will continue while the USGS conducts its assessment update. Source: USGS.

North Dakota

North Dakota Oil Montana 2008

Accelergy Begins Production of Synthetic Jet Fuel from Coal and Biomass; USAF to Evaluate for 100% Synthetic Fuel Use

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MARCH 24, 2010

Accelergy Corporation has begun production of a synthetic fuel from coal and biomass, to be evaluated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the industry benchmark for 100% synthetic jet fuel. Production from this facility will commence in the 3 rd quarter of this year. Groenewold, Director of the EERC. Camelina oil.

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Coal Fuel North Dakota Production

Transcanada restarts Keystone oil sands pipeline operations

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JUNE 6, 2011

The Keystone pipeline is approximately 1,316 miles in length and transports crude oil from the US-Canadian Border in North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois and includes an extension running from Jefferson County, Nebraska to Cushing, Oklahoma. From North Dakota, the pipeline runs south through South Dakota and Nebraska.

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Oil-Sands Oil North Dakota Oklahoma

Exxon Mobil Acquiring XTO Energy in $41B Deal; Enhances US Position in Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Its properties are concentrated in Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Louisiana and Montana. Completion of the transaction is expected in the second quarter of 2010. The new organization will be located in Fort Worth, Texas, in XTO’s current offices.

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Oil Fort Worth West Virginia Gas

Marathon acquires additional Eagle Ford Shale assets for $3.5B

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JUNE 1, 2011

Year-end production expected to be approximately 12,000 net boe per day. Production expected to increase to approximately 80,000 net boe per day by 2016. Marathon has captured a top-five acreage position in the core of the premier resource play in the US since first entering the Eagle Ford in November 2010. —Clarence P.

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Ford North Dakota Legal 2011

Occidental Petroleum Projects California Shale Development May Become Its Largest Business Unit Within 10 Years

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MAY 23, 2010

Occidental Petroleum, the fourth-largest US oil and gas company, based on equity market capitalization, says that within the next 10 years, its California shale development program—which currently delivers more than 25% of its California production—could become the company’s largest business unit. oil shale”. 1 gas producer and No.

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California Oil North Dakota 2010

IEEE STEM Activity Kits Are In Demand at 150 U.S. Public Libraries

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JUNE 30, 2022

Currently all 80 branches of the Chicago Public Library have the kits, as do libraries in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Zulaski says the prototype kits were flying off the shelves—which persuaded the IEEE Chicago Section to launch the SKPL project in 2010.

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Kits Chicago Grant North Dakota

USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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JUNE 24, 2010

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. RFS2 becomes effective on 1 July 2010. Decision support and policy analysis tools.

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Renewable Standards Fuel Rhode Island

Details on how Enbridge will expand capacity of Alberta Clipper oil sands crude pipeline without US review

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AUGUST 23, 2014

Enbridge transports 53% of US-bound Canadian production, a figure that accounts for approximately 15% of total US crude oil imports. This will vary based on the type of product transported. million barrels per day of crude oil and liquids. The Enbridge Mainline system is the largest conduit of oil into the United States.

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Oil-Sands Oil Canada United States

Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

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JULY 22, 2011

urea production. We now have sales commitments in place for all three of TCEP’s main commercial products—electric power, urea for fertilizer, and CO 2 for enhanced oil recovery—and that is obviously key to getting this project underway. urea production. CO 2 capture and shipment via pipeline shown at top.

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Coal Texas Oil CO2

DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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AUGUST 16, 2016

In 2010, the Energy Department launched the SuperTruck initiative to improve heavy-duty truck freight efficiency by 50%. Demonstrate plug‐in electric vehicles through local showcases in key markets throughout major metropolitan areas in seven Midwest states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota.

Vehicles

Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal

Junkyard Find: 1993 Nissan Sentra with 320,165 miles

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 1, 2024

Most of the crusher-bound vehicles I document were photographed in Colorado, where I have lived since 2010, or California, where I used to live and still have family. That turned out to be the New Orleans West Pull-a-Part. It appears that this car was parked in a place it didn't belong.

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Miles Nissan Louisiana North Dakota

State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

The earlier 2011 Final EIS was developed contemporaneously with the start of strong growth in domestic light crude oil supply from tight oil formations, such as those formations found in North Dakota’s Bakken region. Domestic production of crude oil has increased significantly, from approximately 5.5 million bpd in 2010 to 6.5

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Oil-Sands Nebraska Oil Montana

Opinion: Busting The “Canadian Bakken” Myth

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JUNE 12, 2015

The financial pages of Canadian newspapers have been full of headlines lately announcing the potential of two large shale oil fields in the Northwest Territories said to contain enough oil to rival the Bakken Formation of North Dakota and Montana. The project was approved by the NEB in 2010. enthused the Financial Post.

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Oil-Sands Oil North Dakota Oil Prices

Study identifies Bakken Formation alone as responsible for ~2% of global ethane emissions

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APRIL 29, 2016

The Bakken Formation, a shale oil and gas field in North Dakota and Montana, is emitting roughly 2% (about 250,000 tons per year) of the globe’s ethane, according to new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan. Between 2005 and 2014, the Bakken’s oil production jumped by a factor of 3,500, and its gas production by 180.

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Global Ozone Emissions North Dakota

EERC Foundation Receives Patent Application Approval for On-Demand Hydrogen Fueling System

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APRIL 14, 2009

The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) Foundation in Grand Forks, North Dakota, allowance for a patent application on a high-pressure production process for reforming liquid fuels, such as ethanol, methanol, and gasoline, to hydrogen for vehicle fueling.

North Dakota

North Dakota Hydrogen Fuel

USGS boosts assessment of recoverable natural gas in Marcellus Shale by 42x from 2002; now 84 trillion cubic feet

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AUGUST 25, 2011

INTEK developed its resource estimates from publicly available company data and commercial databases for wells and acreage currently in production. In November 2010, EIA had reported proved shale gas reserves for the Marcellus play of 4.478 TCF for 2009. Coleman, J.L., Milici, R.C., Charpentier, R.R., Kirshbaum, Mark, Klett, T.R.,

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2002 Gas West Virginia North Dakota

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EIA: North Dakota oil production reached new high of 770K bpd in 2012; transported by trucks and railroads

EIA: More than 35% of natural gas produced in North Dakota is flared or otherwise not marketed due to infrastructure limitations

EIA: 5 states and the Gulf of Mexico produce more than 80% of US crude oil; shales drive the growth

EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

Opinion: The Dark Side Of The Shale Bust

API: US Gasoline Demand and Production in February Rise to Record Levels

API: March US Gasoline Demand and Production Set Records

USGS to update Bakken Formation oil assessment based on new geological information; potential for greater recovery

Accelergy Begins Production of Synthetic Jet Fuel from Coal and Biomass; USAF to Evaluate for 100% Synthetic Fuel Use

Transcanada restarts Keystone oil sands pipeline operations

Exxon Mobil Acquiring XTO Energy in $41B Deal; Enhances US Position in Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil

Marathon acquires additional Eagle Ford Shale assets for $3.5B

Occidental Petroleum Projects California Shale Development May Become Its Largest Business Unit Within 10 Years

IEEE STEM Activity Kits Are In Demand at 150 U.S. Public Libraries

USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

Details on how Enbridge will expand capacity of Alberta Clipper oil sands crude pipeline without US review

Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

Junkyard Find: 1993 Nissan Sentra with 320,165 miles

State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Opinion: Busting The “Canadian Bakken” Myth

Study identifies Bakken Formation alone as responsible for ~2% of global ethane emissions

EERC Foundation Receives Patent Application Approval for On-Demand Hydrogen Fueling System

USGS boosts assessment of recoverable natural gas in Marcellus Shale by 42x from 2002; now 84 trillion cubic feet

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