Brave Heart Women Fight to Ban Man-Camps, Which Bring Rape and Abuse
Traditionally, membership in the Dakota women’s Brave Heart Society required a formidable spirit. These women carried the dead warriors from the battlefield and tended to the funerary treatment of the...
View ArticleOil & Gas Operations in Osage Nation Development
TULSA – The Bureau of Indian Affairs, proposing to revise the regulations targeting oil and gas operations in Osage County, published the rules in the Federal Register on Wednesday, opening the door to...
View ArticleBooming Bakken puts strain on Watford City, N.D.
WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Watford City is in the midst of a complete makeover. The once quiet community on the edge of the scenic North Dakota Badlands used to welcome visitors to a bit of the old West. Now...
View ArticlePart 1 – Bakken Oil: Fighting for Control of Fort Berthold and the Three...
Part I of a series is a cautionary tale about fracking for crude on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in western North Dakota. It is a story about communication between state and federal agencies...
View ArticleMatrix to build oil, gas storage terminals for TransCanada | Tulsa World
Matrix Service Co. of Tulsa will build oil and natural gas storage terminals for TransCanada Corp. over the next five years, the Tulsa-based energy construction firm announced Wednesday. The company...
View ArticleA $4 billion question: Determining value of Osage mineral estate no easy task
By D. Ray Tuttle The Journal Record Posted: 08:27 PM Thursday, September 5, 2013 TULSA – Until last year, it was not clear if anyone had ever attempted to put a value on the oil and gas produced in...
View ArticleYet Another Study Confirms Fracking Wastewater Wells Cause Earthquakes
For the residents of Youngstown, Ohio, the recent onslaught of earthquakes came as a surprise. Before the fracking wastewater industry came to Ohio, Youngstown residents didn’t know what an earthquake...
View ArticleQuinault Indian Tribe Opposes Proposal to Turn Grays Harbor into an...
TAHOLAH, WA — Today, the Quinault Indian Nation submitted comments to the City of Hoquiam and Washington Department of Ecology opposing the first of at least three proposed oil shipping facilities...
View ArticleND tax accord nets $40M monthly for tribe, state
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A tax agreement that standardized the rules and spurred oil drilling on an American Indian reservation in North Dakota is bringing in more than $40 million monthly for the state...
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North Dakota discloses oil train shipment details
BISMARCK, N.D. — Dozens of mile-long trains loaded with crude are leaving western North Dakota each week, with most shipments going through the state’s most populous county while en route to...
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Oklahoma residents seek answers on upsurge in earthquakes | The Detroit News
Oklahoma City — Oklahoma residents whose homes and nerves have been shaken by an upsurge in earthquakes want to know what’s causing the temblors — and what can be done to stop them. Hundreds of people...
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Lightning strikes saltwater disposal site near Ross in North Dakota
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — An early morning lightning strike caused a fire at a saltwater disposal facility near the tiny northwestern North Dakota town of Ross. North Dakota Department of Health...
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Public, industry weigh in on oil train safety
WASHINGTON — The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is drafting regulations to improve the safety of rail shipments of crude oil following a series derailments, explosions and...
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Report on oil trains moving through Minn. released : Energy News
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Railroad documents released by the state Department of Public Safety show about 50 trains carrying crude oil from North Dakota are passing through Minnesota each week, most traveling...
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Work continues at Seattle oil train derailment
SEATTLE — Railroad crews have reopened tracks where an oil train derailed early Thursday in Seattle, but work continues on three damaged tanker cars. Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas...
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ND oil regulators to add 3 pipeline inspectors
WILLISTON, N.D. — The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources announced Tuesday that it is adding three new pipeline inspector positions. Department spokeswoman Alison Ritter said the inspectors...
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Tribal officials: Oil ill effects reaching into Fort Peck Indian Reservation
POPLAR, Mont. — Tribal officials said Thursday that eastern Montana’s Fort Peck Indian Reservation is feeling the adverse effects of the nearby oil boom — without any of the economic gains. U.S. Sen....
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Oil patch derailment in Dickinson, ND closes tracks for 3 hours
DICKINSON, N.D. — Four flatbed railcars and a boxcar derailed Saturday morning in Dickinson. A BNSF Railway train was heading east when it went off the tracks at about 5:15 a.m. in a BNSF yard....
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