Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- July 22, 2022

 

• Bakken on track for 2% production increase despite blizzard -- Williston Herald

• North Dakota May oil production rebounds after stormy April -- Bismarck Tribune

• Gas prices have fallen for four straight weeks, but will it continue? -- KX News

• Regulators approve interim electric rate increase for MDU -- Bismarck Tribune

• First CO2 capture and storage project allowed in US begins operations in Richardton -- Dickinson Press

• North Dakota has slashed the time it takes to permit a carbon dioxide capture project -- Fargo Forum

• New study shows Enbridge's Line 3 replacement generated billions in economic impact -- Energy Now

• Understand what is keeping your AC running as temps soar, it's not wind and solar -- Fargo Forum

• Case of failed ND term limits petition heads to prosecutor, state AG says -- Grand Forks Herald

• GOP, Democratic leaders want outside probe of late AG Stenehjem deleted emails -- DRG News

• North Dakota attorney general dismisses calls for outside probe of deleted emails -- KFGO

• North Dakota airline passenger boardings up 31% in first half of 2022 -- Williston Herald

• Tyler Jacobson appointed to North Dakota Outdoor Heritage Fund Advisory Board -- NewsDakota.com

• Minot City Council appoints Roscoe Streyle as new member until November election -- KFYR-TV

• Hailstorm causes extensive damage, but provides temporary relief from heat wave -- Williston Herald

• High winds wallop Wildrose area, trees down, farm buildings destroyed -- Crosby Journal

• Community takes flight for Watford City Municipal Airport's grand opening -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Dickinson commissioners offer City Admin position to interim Dustin Dassinger -- Dickinson Press

• Non-profit seeks to build Southwest Art Gallery and Science Center in Dickinson -- Dickinson Press

• Minot Community Endowment Fund awards $62K to sixteen local nonprofits -- Minot Daily News

• Heat wave will continue and it has already caused the highway to buckle -- Williston Herald

• Magazine names Theodore Roosevelt National Park as one of best national parks in US -- KX News

• City of Belfield addresses water tower issue; awaits inspection before refilling -- Dickinson Press

• 'Wellness way' walking path around dam proposed as use for Tioga's oil revenues -- Tioga Tribune

• Acclaimed economist highlights issues facing Dickinson manufacturers -- Dickinson Press

• Train ND Foundation launched to support workforce growth -- Williston Herald

• ND first state to provide Skills for All courses statewide at no cost to all residents -- Minot Daily News

• Four ND students receive $40,000 in scholarships from Hess Corporation -- NewsDakota.com

• Local schools, nonprofits work to prevent homeless students from falling behind -- Bismarck Tribune

• Dakota College at Bottineau opening a new Tech Ed facility in Minot -- Prairie Public

• 17th Annual Theodore Roosevelt Symposium slated for September at DSU -- Dickinson Press

• Energy saved US markets last quarter. Now the sector is losing power. -- CNN Business

• Saudi Arabia to increase oil production, will help 'stabilize markets,' White House says -- Fox Business

• Biden halting new oil leases on US land, AK gov feels like we're being 'sanctioned' -- Fox Business

• US drillers add oil and gas rigs two weeks in a row, total up 56%, over this time last year -- Reuters

• Climate policy: Utopian energy dreams are doing great economic damage -- Wall Street Journal

• D.C. City Council moves to ban natural gas in most new buildings by 2026 -- NPR

• These 10 states are leading America in creating a crypto economy, ND ranks fourth -- CNBC

• Natural gas stocks are outperforming oil stocks amid heavy sell-off and recession fears -- Oil Price

• Crews 'working as fast as they can' to restore Keystone oil pipeline capacity -- S&P Global

• 'Never letting a good crisis go to waste' strategy restricts oil exports for all the wrong reasons -- Forbes

• Shale producers urge Biden to hold off on declaring climate emergency -- The Business Journals

• Climate spending among main issues to watch as Energy, EPA bills reach House floor -- E&E News

• Oil and gas fuel our comfortable lifestyle but are under attack -- California Globe

• Severe heat: 5 electricity blackout risks facing the entire US, not just Texas -- Morningstar

• Fate of the Texas power grid depends on daily whims of the wind -- Energy Now