| New Members – Thank you to new Petroleum Council members: Basin Safety Consulting • Studer Environmental • Husch Blackwell LLP
ND Oil Activity – Preliminary production numbers for October 2016 are 1,043,207 (all-time high was December 2014) from 13,457 (NEW all-time high) wells and 1,715,487 (NEW all-time high) of natural gas. Bakken natural gas captured rate was 85 percent. There are currently 41 rigs active in the state. Mark Your Calendar – The 2017 schedule of events has been released. Please add the following NDPC events to your calendar:
More information will be available on each event as the date approaches at www.ndoil.org and www.northdakotaoilcan.com. NDPC Legislative Committee – The NDPC Legislative Committee will meet at the Petroleum Council office in Bismarck and via conference call each Friday from 4-5 p.m. Central time during the 2017 North Dakota Legislative Session. The 2017 Session will begin January 4 and continue for 80 legislative days, likely wrapping up near the end of April. We encourage your participation and support as we approach a likely interesting legislative session. The purpose and goal of the NDPC Legislative Committee is to review, analyze and recommend positions on legislative bills and related issues to the NDPC Executive Committee. The NDPC Executive Committee will have final decision making authority on NDPC’s position on legislative bills and actions. To sign up for the legislative committee, please email Alexis at abrinkman@ndoil.org. Legislative reports will be sent to NDPC membership every Friday afternoon during the session. Thank you, Brittany –Membership Manager Brittany Rud is no longer with NDPC. Thank you, Brittany, for your nearly five years of service! Please contact ndpc@ndoil.org if you need assistance with anything Brittany had been handling. Fund to Support Local Law Enforcement Created – In order to say thank you local law enforcement and help reduce the financial burden that area farmers, ranchers, national guardsmen and regional law enforcement entities have incurred related to are protests, the ‘Morton County Heroes Fund’ has been established. The fund will be managed by a board consisting of Julie Ellingson, North Dakota Stockmens Association Executive Director; Mary Graner, area rancher; and Dawn Rhone, Morton County Auditor. For more information or to contribute, please visit https://www.gofundme.com/mortoncountyheroes?ssid=792006089&pos=1. NDPC Mingle & Jingle held – Thanks to all NDPC members who attended the Mingle & Jingle social on December 8. A great time was had by all, and Lori Yantzer of the Bismarck Mandan Convention and Visitors Bureau was the winner of the Bakken basket door prize (pictured at right). Congratulations, Lori! Pipeline Safety Compliance Training – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (US DOT) Transportation Safety Institute conducts Pipeline Safety Compliance Training specially designed for the energy industry. This course will familiarize participants with US DOT pipeline safety regulations and acute, critical, and serious safety violations. This course is designed to assist pipeline safety personnel with fewer than 10 years industry experience. If you are responsible for oversight of pipeline safety and regulatory compliance, this course will be invaluable to your success. Upcoming trainings are listed below: 2017 Pipeline Safety Compliance Training – Liquid (3.5 days) $1895 January 10-13, 2017 Oklahoma City, OK Click here to register. 2017 Pipeline Safety Compliance Training – Gas (3.5 days) $1895 February 7-10, 2017 Oklahoma City, OK Click here to register. 2017 Pipeline Safety Compliance Training – Liquid (3.5 days) $1895 March 6-9 Alva, OK Click here to register. Contact Information: Email at PipelineSafetyCompliance@dot.gov or call (405) 954-5898. Receive OGRP Quarterly – OGRP Quarterly is produced by the Oil and Gas Research Program to provide periodic information and updates on Program activities to the citizens of North Dakota. This quarter, we decided to put a special focus on select, current Oil & Gas Research Program (OGRP) projects to give the reader a flavor of the advancements being made to more effectively produce North Dakota’s oil and gas resources. If you would like to be added to the newsletter distribution list, provide your email address to: brentbrannan@gmail.com with the subject line “Distribution List” or visit oilresearch.nd/gov. A link to the newsletter can be found at https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ogr/News.aspx NDPA Monthly Update – View the North Dakota Pipeline Authority’s monthly update here.
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| Oil & Gas Hearing Schedule | |
| January 18-19, 2017 | July 26-27, 2017 |
| February 22-23, 2017 | August 23-24, 2017 |
| March 22-23, 2017 | September 20-21, 2017 |
| April 26-27, 2017 | October 18-19, 2017 |
| May 24-25, 2017 | November 15-16, 2017 |
| June 28-29, 2017 | December 13-14, 2017 |
