May was not a merry month for the oil and gas industry in North Dakota, with production dropping by record amounts for a second month in a row.

Gov. Doug Burgum today released the following statement after the White House's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released its final rule modernizing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations for the first time in more than 40 years.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday put a hold on judge's order that the Dakota Access Pipeline be shut down and emptied of oil by Aug. 5, though the move is not the final decision on whether the line will be shuttered while an extensive environmental review is conducted.

Today, the North Dakota Petroleum Council announced that the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference has been postponed until May 11-13, 2021. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the conference was originally rescheduled for September 2020. Due to continued travel restrictions around the country, as well as internationally, the conference will be postponed until next year.

The Western Dakota Energy Association issued a plea today to U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to rescind his order to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline because of the widespread and potentially long-lasting economic damage such a shutdown would inflict on North Dakota communities.

A federal judge has ordered the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline while a lengthy environmental review is conducted of the project opposed by environmentalists and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

A federal judge ordered the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline and that it be emptied, while a lengthy environmental review is conducted.