The American Petroleum Institute and 130 energy, manufacturing, business, and labor trade organizations across the natural gas and oil supply chain sent a letter Tuesday to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works opposing the inclusion of a fee on methane emissions as part of the budget reconciliation package.

ND Senator Kevin Cramer hosted Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon in Bismarck this week for the first installment of a new speaker series Cramer is calling “The Bully Pulpit.”

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced this week that North Dakota ranks sixth among the top primary energy-producing states based on data collected in 2019.

In 2019, the top six primary energy-producing states—Texas, Pennsylvania, Wyoming, Oklahoma, West Virginia, and North Dakota—accounted for 55 quadrillion British thermal units (quads), or 55% of all of the primary energy produced in the United States.

The Biden administration said on Tuesday it would take steps to restart the federal oil and gas leasing program in the next week and plans to hold a Gulf of Mexico auction as soon as October, court papers showed.

This is the story of “Bob the Big Pumper.” It is the second in a series of books Wurtz is writing to shed some light on the importance of the oil and gas industry.

The Greater North Dakota Chamber is planning to host a Transportation Forum to discuss the need for safe and reliable transportation networks, and the role they play in shaping the state's economy.

Political and oil industry leaders reacted with outrage this week to a message from the Biden administration, urging OPEC and its allies to boost oil output to reduce rising gasoline prices that they see as a threat to economic recovery.