The State of North Dakota filed a lawsuit this week against the US Department of Interior and the Bureau of Land Management over the cancellation of seven quarterly federal oil and gas lease sales in the state the past two years.

The North Dakota Board of University and School Lands (Land Board) today announced full completion of the Missouri River Acreage Adjustment Project, which in total returned a net of approximately $130 million to North Dakota private mineral owners and oil and gas operators. Part I of the project totaled $120 million and was completed earlier this year. Part II totaled $10 million and was completed last week.

North Dakota’s oil and gas production numbers are taking a huge hit due to the recent weather.

Basin Electric Power Cooperative is seeking state approval to expand a natural gas-fired power plant in McKenzie County in part to accommodate a growing data center industry in the region.

The 2022 update of North Dakota’s Oil and Gas Tax Study is complete and there is good news - the revenue from the energy industry’s taxes benefits every person in the state.

ND Senator Kevin Cramer, along with New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Luján, introduced the Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act this week.

Monday, the North Dakota Petroleum Council and Western Dakota Energy Association shared the 2022 update of the Oil and Gas Tax Study to let us know how much tax revenue North Dakota is receiving from the oil and gas industry.

Oil and gas mineral rights owned by the State of North Dakota are worth more than $2.8 billion, according to analysis presented to the Board of University and School Lands this week.