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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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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. North Dakota gas production: marketed, not marketed, and percentage not marketed. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge. (It

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Proposed CA LCFS pathways for corn starch ethanol with carbon capture and sequestration: as low as 37 gCO2e/MJ

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North Dakota-based Red Trail Energy (RTE), which since 2007 has operated an ethanol production facility with annual production of about 60 million gallons per year, is proposing sequestration of CO 2 produced from starch fermentation to lower the overall carbon intensity of the fuel for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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Census Bureau 2008 American Community Survey Data Shows Slight Changes in Commuting, Vehicle Ownership

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According to the new snapshot, the percentage of US workers who drove alone to work decreased slightly between 2007 and 2008 from 76.1% in 2007 to 75.5% minutes in New York and a low of 16 minutes in North Dakota. minutes in New York and a low of 16 minutes in North Dakota. to 113,101,329 households.

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US demand for petroleum, gasoline rose in January; highest January deliveries since 2008

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million barrels per day, the highest January demand since 2007. However, North Dakota year over year production continued to decline for the fifth consecutive month from record high levels. Total motor gasoline deliveries, a measure of consumer gasoline demand, rose 1.4% from January 2015 to average 8.8 At nearly 3.6

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Study finds road conditions in US states worsening in important categories

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North Dakota ranks first in the Annual Highway Report’s overall performance and cost-effectiveness rankings of state highway systems for the second year in a row. North Dakota’s rural and urban Interstate pavement conditions both rank in the top 10 and the state has kept its per-mile costs down.

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US petroleum demand drops 5.7% in January on heating oil decline

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Consumer demand for gasoline has not recovered from 2007 highs. Alaskan production was up by 34%, and North Dakota production was also strong. The slide in heating fuel demand reflects January’s relatively warm temperatures. Crude oil production rose 3.8% in January to average 5.7 Crude oil stocks were down 3.2%

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DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam

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A US Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) team of regional partners has begun injecting CO 2 into a deep lignite coal seam in Burke County, North Dakota, to demonstrate the economic and environmental viability of geologic CO 2 storage in the US Great Plains region.

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