Geoff Simon's Top North Dakota Energy Stories -- March 12, 2021

• Governor Burgum undergoes hip replacement surgery -- Bismarck Tribune

• Successor named to expelled North Dakota lawmaker's seat -- Bismarck Tribune

• Looking back on a turbulent year for the oil and gas sector -- KFYR-TV

• DAPL at crucial crossroad: A guide to ND's bitter pipeline dispute -- Fargo Forum

• Minnesota pipeline protest camp serves as tour headquarters -- Star Tribune

• Trump policy weakening bird protections revoked by Biden administration -- KFYR-TV

• Prices prompt ConocoPhillips to repurchase stock but capex stuck -- Williston Herald

• Former Nabors manager pleads guilty in ND oilfield death -- Associated Press

• After tough start, Crestwood's Bakken system sets 4Q records -- Nat Gas Intelligence

• Biden administration to start review of federal leasing on March 25 -- Reuters

• State discusses how to store, dispose and recycle old turbine wind blades -- KXMB-TV

• EPA fines Hess for Tioga Gas Plant violations of Clean Water Act -- Bismarck Tribune

• Senate passes wind power tower lighting regulation bill -- Associated Press

• House passes one tax constitutional amendment, kills three others -- Prairie Public Radio

• Bill would make seat belt violation a primary offense in North Dakota -- Fargo Forum

• ND Senate passes "Faithless Electors" bill on electoral college votes -- KFYR-TV

• Term limits on governor and legislature defeated in the House -- Prairie Public Radio

• Carbon storage tax exemption bill passes Legislature -- Bismarck Tribune

• Road trains in ND: Lawmakers ask Congress for greenlight -- Fargo Forum

• Lawmakers: Should ND go to daylight savings time year-round? -- Prairie Public Radio

• ND Senate kills effort to study paid statewide family leave program -- Dickinson Press

• Bismarck lawmaker offers study of state government-leased property -- Prairie Public Radio

• North Dakota marks one-year anniversary of first COVID-19 case -- Bismarck Tribune

• Bills to offer private school tax credit, limit teacher negotiations advance -- Fargo Forum

• Pubic education bills worth watching in the 2021 legislature -- Tioga Tribune

• Belfield disbanding police, to collaborate with Stark County Sheriff -- KFYR-TV

• Over $1B in federal COVID-19 money soon coming to ND -- Prairie Public Radio

• Opening of cosmetology school in Williston promotes new opportunities -- KFYR-TV

• Hess donates to trails and outdoor recreation through Minot Park District -- Minot Daily News

• ND Beware: Drought conditions has led to an early fire season -- KXMB-TV

• Democratic opposition builds against Biden's federal oil/gas orders -- Energy In Depth

• US crude oil production fell by 8% in 2020, the largest drop on record -- EIA

• U.S. senators introduce bipartisan oil and gas leasing reform bill -- Reuters

• EIA: 2021 oil price forecasts ramped higher with OPEC cut extension -- Rigzone

• Biden's 'American Last' energy policies enrich enemies abroad -- Newsmax

• China makes no shift from coal in 5-year plan, 'crawls' to carbon neutrality -- Climate Home News

• Lawsuit challenges California County's fast-track approval of 40,000 new oil wells -- Desert Sun

• Democrats should learn lessons from Texas' energy debacle -- Real Clear Energy