Articles by: Bakken News

Exclusive: California getting more Bakken crude by barge than rail

By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Shipments of Bakken crude oil from North Dakota to California by barge have quietly overtaken those by train for the first time, showing how the state's isolated refiners are using any means necessary …

October 23, 2014 - 7:07 am Energy RSS

Bakken briefs

Oilfield waste facility opens

October 22, 2014 - 10:29 am Energy RSS

Judge to hear Colorado man's plea agreement in teacher's killing in Bakken oil patch

A Montana judge will consider a plea agreement Wednesday that calls for a Colorado man to plead guilty to killing a high school teacher and burying her in a shallow grave in the Bakken oil patch.

October 22, 2014 - 2:37 am Energy RSS

Crude oil rule changes urged

Albany Two commissioners in the Cuomo administration are urging the North Dakota governor to back proposed rules that would make crude oil from that state's Bakken field less explosive before it is shipped on rail cars, thousands of which are …

October 22, 2014 - 1:58 am Energy RSS

Firefighters want countywide plan

Local firefighters warned Bergen County officials on Monday that they don’t have the manpower, equipment or expertise required should there be an accident involving trains carrying millions of gallons of volatile Bakken crude oil that pass through their towns every …

October 21, 2014 - 1:37 am Energy RSS

ND produced record 35M barrels of oil in August

North Dakota produced a record 35 million barrels of oil in August, according to figures released Wednesday by the state's Industrial Commission. August also marked the Bakken oil formation's one billionth …

October 16, 2014 - 11:42 am Energy RSS

ND produced record 35M barrels of oil in August

North Dakota produced a record 35 million barrels of oil in August, according to figures released Wednesday by the state's Industrial Commission. August also marked the Bakken oil formation's one billionth …

October 15, 2014 - 9:12 pm Energy RSS

Oil Drop Makes Drillers Own Worst Enemy; Gas Offers Haven

Oil drilling in the Bakken shale formation on July 23, 2013 outside Watford City, North Dakota. Close Oil drilling in the Bakken shale formation on July 23, 2013 outside Watford City, North Dakota.

October 15, 2014 - 2:59 pm Energy RSS

Bakken: Slumping Oil Prices Will Impact Investments in 2015

Bakken: Slumping Oil Prices Will Impact Investments in 2015

October 15, 2014 - 12:04 pm Energy RSS

ARM Midstream To Build New Crude Oil Gathering System In Bakken/Three Forks Shale Gas Play

HOUSTON, Oct. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Asset Risk Management (ARM) (www.asset-risk.com) announced today that ARM Midstream, a wholly owned subsidiary of ARM, intends to construct a crude oil gathering system in the prolific Bakken shale gas play and underlying Three …

October 14, 2014 - 9:00 am Energy RSS

Senior Facilities Engineer / Advisor – Mechanical – Midstream

Senior opportunity in the Bakken for experienced midstream professional ready to take the next step in their career. Large international independent operator based out of Houston. Extremely profitable in the Bakken and leading the charge in the North.

October 14, 2014 - 1:00 am Energy RSS

Bloomberg: Bakken producers poised to curb exploratory spending

Bakken shale oil producers are under pressure to scale back their 2015 drilling plans after Bakken oil fell below $80/bbl for the first time in nearly a year, as worldwide crude prices decline amid ample North American supplies and Persian …

October 13, 2014 - 5:59 pm Energy RSS

Bakken Drillers Poised to Curb Exploratory Spending

Bakken shale-oil producers are under pressure from tumbling prices to scale back their 2015 drilling plans in a region that accounts for one of every eight U.S. barrels of crude.

October 13, 2014 - 5:21 pm Energy RSS

Fiery Oil-Train Derailments Prompt Calls For Less Flammable Oil

Trains carrying oil from North Dakota pass through American towns daily — and sometimes they derail and explode. The oil industry is now under pressure to make the oil less volatile before shipping.

October 13, 2014 - 4:46 pm Energy RSS

Fiery Oil-Train Derailments Prompt Calls For Less Flammable Oil

Trains carrying oil from North Dakota pass through American towns daily — and sometimes they derail and explode. The oil industry is now under pressure to make the oil less volatile before shipping.

October 13, 2014 - 4:30 pm Energy RSS

Political Opposition Threatens Plan to Bring Bakken Crude to West Coast, an Industrial Info News Alert

Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources — Stiff political opposition to a proposed crude-oil rail transshipping facility at the Port of Vancouver, Washington, could delay or kill an important …

October 13, 2014 - 6:15 am Energy RSS

CSX rebuffs CP Railway merger overture

Canadian company has been seeking to alleviate backlog of oil shipments and expand reach to eastern refineries

October 12, 2014 - 5:04 pm Energy RSS

Bakken Blues: Struggling in a city with 0.8% unemployment

It bills itself as a “boomtown” on the sign driving into the city, and it’s at the epicenter of the U.S. energy revolution. In the city of Williston, North Dakota, the unemployment rate is 0.8% percent, compared to 5.9% nationally, …

October 8, 2014 - 9:17 am Energy RSS

Bakken Production, Reserves Continue to Grow, but Price Concerns Bubble Up, an Industrial Info News Alert

Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources — New estimates for North Dakota's Bakken and Three Forms suggest the formations contain between 413 billion and 643 billion barrels of original oil …

October 8, 2014 - 6:15 am Energy RSS

Oxy sale of Bakken assets would make strategic sense -analysts

Any sale of Occidental Petroleum Corp's roughly 330,000 acres in North Dakota's oil-rich Bakken shale formation would make strategic sense for the company, which is likely eager to strike a deal, two analysts said on Tuesday. Oxy is looking to …

October 7, 2014 - 6:01 pm Energy RSS

Fitch Publishes 'Bakken Shale Report'

Fitch Ratings has published its 'Bakken Shale Report'. The report provides an analysis of themes in the Bakken Shale, including crude market dynamics and the potential for new pipe

October 7, 2014 - 1:02 pm Energy RSS

Augusta Exploration LLC to Commence Drilling Deep Bakken Well

Super Nova Petroleum Corp., reports that it has received information from the management of Augusta Exploration LLC that the preparation to drill Augusta – Krone Bakken Formation well is complete. The …

October 6, 2014 - 9:16 am Energy RSS

$100 million worth of U.S. energy revolution going up in smoke

In North Dakota, technology has unlocked the oil and gas of the U.S. shale revolution, but it’s not without growing pains. In the Bakken region near Williston, North Dakota, we found farmers who can’t get their product to market while …

October 3, 2014 - 3:57 pm Energy RSS

Bakken takes Belmont feature

NEW YORK (AP) Bakken cruised to a three-length victory Thursday in the $80,000 allowance feature at Belmont Park.

October 2, 2014 - 5:16 pm Energy RSS

Bakken oil pipeline, Sandpiper, delayed

Daniel J. Graeber HOUSTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) — The Sandpiper pipeline designed to carry oil from the Bakken reserve area in North Dakota through Minnesota is delayed, Enbridge Energy Partners said.

October 1, 2014 - 8:46 am Energy RSS

Enbridge eyes Mainline oil pipe expansion if demand strong

By Julie Gordon and Scott Haggett (Reuters) – Enbridge Inc , Canada's largest pipeline operator, said on Tuesday it may have to build new pipeline capacity from its Superior, Wisconsin, storage hub if oil shipments from Canada and the Bakken …

September 30, 2014 - 5:17 pm Energy RSS

Searching for the Good Life in the Bakken Oil Fields

As oil production hit 1 million barrels a day this past spring, the state began a marketing push to woo even more workers with the slogan “Find the Good Life in North Dakota.” Because everyone, including the cashiers, made so …

September 29, 2014 - 10:29 am Energy RSS

Cash In On The Shale Boom With This Under-The-Radar Oil Stock

The Bakken is one of the hottest oil and gas plays in the world. Great fortunes have already been made banking on the Bakken, which is located below parts of Montana, North Dakota and stretches

September 16, 2014 - 1:00 pm Energy RSS