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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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DOE selects 2 projects to demonstrate feasibility of enhanced water recovery; producing usable water from CO2 storage sites

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two projects that will test emerging enhanced water recovery (EWR) technologies for their potential to produce useable water from CO 2 storage sites. Once treated, the clean water could be re-used for beneficial purposes, including supplemental cooling water at a power station.

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DOE awards $1.95M for conceptual designs that extract critical minerals and rare earth elements from coal sources

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A secure, reliable, and sustainable domestic supply of CMs and REEs is essential to the continued health of the US energy and electronics industries and is an important contributor to national security. University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND). Winner Water Services Inc. Tetra Tech, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA) Project 2.

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MSU-led regional team awarded $6M NSF grant to research biofuel, carbon capture technologies

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The main project goal is to develop a framework for evaluating proposals to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations while maintaining food security, water quality, biodiversity and other benefits, Stoy said. The Upper Missouri River Basin refers to the Missouri River and all its tributaries upstream of Sioux City, Iowa.

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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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EERC Awarded Subcontract to Help Produce 100% Renewable Jet Fuel from Algae

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The Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota has been awarded a subcontract by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to help produce renewable jet fuel from algae. EERC has partnered with major international catalyst producer Albemarle for catalyst supply.

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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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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. Industry needs to develop technological solutions to minimize water use, minimize and report chemical use, and carefully monitor production sites. shale oil production.

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