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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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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. Source: EIA.

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

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But both have stated that they’re concerned about the ramifications for traditional supply chains and the possibility that the changes would negatively impact the U.S. However, the Clean Air Act and decades of increased regulatory involvement has kind of muddied the waters.

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DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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The fixed bed chemical looping system has been designed to operate in three reaction modes that can occur simultaneously for continuous hydrogen production: natural gas utilization through the reduction of MMOC, steam oxidation and air regeneration.

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First application of GE ORegen organic rankine cycle waste heat recovery system at Alliance Pipeline Compressor Station in Alberta

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ORegen is the largest organic rankine cycle single unit available in the market for gas turbines waste heat recovery. GE Oil & Gas has received a contract to supply the ORegen system to NRGreen Power, which is coordinating the project. ORegen is applicable on any type of simple-cycle gas turbine.

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DOE to award up to $12.4M to 11 projects focused on shale gas and enhanced oil recovery

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 11 research projects that will help find ways to extract more energy from unconventional oil and gas resources while reducing environmental risks for awards totalling $12.4 The selections include $10.3 The total value of the shale-related projects is more than $17.0

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API: US petroleum demand edges up in May

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Weak growth in the United States, stubborn unemployment, and a world economy doing little better than treading water are contributing to this. Supplies of refined products were ample. North Dakota production in May set a record at 574 thousand barrels per day, eclipsing production from Alaska, which fell 5.0%

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Harvard Kennedy School researcher forecasts sharp increase in world oil production capacity and risk of price collapse

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mbpd of crude oil and natural gas liquids per year by 2020, making it the second largest oil producer in the world, after Saudi Arabia, according to Maugeri. The Bakken and Three Forks fields in North Dakota and Montana alone could become the equivalent of a Persian Gulf-producing country within the United States.

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