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EPPING, ND: Strategically located in the heart of the Bakken and Three Forks shale plays, construction of the COLT Hub began in May 2011 and the facility went into service just one year later. Today the COLT Hub, owned and operated by Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, serves as a point of liquidity for the distribution of Bakken crude oil throughout North American markets by providing customers with crude oil storage and connectivity to the BNSF Railway Company and ties in with four major...
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP provides services to support the growth of America's energy independence through operations in every premier U.S. shale play, including the Bakken region in North Dakota. "Connections for America's energy are at the heart of Crestwood. We are all about logistics to connect upstream partners – including leading exploration and production companies – with downstream customers – crude oil refiners, gas utilities, industrial users and wholesalers from coast to coast...
There's a lot of action and a big four days coming up for PBR fans and Bull Riders. The PBR Touring Pro Division will be in Williston, ND June 25-26 and Sidney, MT June 27-28. Start time for both bull ridings is 7 p.m. Bucking in Boomtown in Williston will be held at the Upper Missouri Valley Fairgrounds. The Bull Blow Out in Sidney will be at the Richland Co Fairgrounds. Both events have $10,000 added each day for a total of $20,000. Riders compete both days which include a short go each day....
4Her North Dakota is responding to the growing sex industry in the Bakken. Founder and Victim Advocate Windie Lazenko has been in the Williston area just a few months and has already rescued 10 women from human trafficking situations. Fairview Alliance Church will be holding their annual "Blessing Sale" June 21st in conjunction with 4Her ND to help meet the urgent need for a safe house for these girls. Rummage sale items will not be priced; rather, shoppers are encouraged to take whatever they n...
Does your company have what it takes to claim bragging rights as the best BBQ'ing team and to take home the coveted 'Best BBQ Trophy' from the 2nd Annual Bakken BBQ? MBI Energy Services extends an invitation to your company in hopes you will participate in this fun and exciting fundraising event. This community event will be held on Friday, June 20th, 2014 in the Dickinson Rec Center parking lot and is open to the public! The Blue Ribbon Band will be performing and entertainment will be...
Originally emigrating from Denmark in 1910, Peter and Madisine Hendricksen along with their two daughters, homesteaded 160 acres NW of Sidney, MT in the community of Brorson. Emma, one of Peter and Madisines daughters, married Chris W. Rasmussen in 1920. Chris had emigrated from Denmark in 1908 and had homesteaded 320 acres in the Three Buttes Community. Their first child Curtis was born in 1922. In 1925, Chris and Emma moved to the Hendrickson farm in Brorson to help take care of Emma's...
County Attorney 1914 - 1916: Herbert H Hoar 1917 - 1918: Carl L. Brattin 1919 - 1920: C.E. Collett 1921 - 1922: L.V. Ketter 1923 - 1924: Charles E. Collett 1925 - 1926: R.G. Wagner 1927 - 1930: Carl L. Brattin 1931 - 1934: John M. Lexcen 1935 - 1938: Lee B. Farr 1939 - 1942: John M Lexcen 1943 - 1950: Milton Anderson 1951 - 1954: J.C. Cottingham 1955 - 1990: Victor G. Koch 1991 - : J. Michael Weber District Judge 1914 - 1920: C.C. Hurley 1921 - 1944: Frank P. Leiper 1945 - 1946: Carl Brattin 1947 - 1960: FSP Foss 1961 - 1984: Leslie...
The first account of Montana crude was in 1864 when an emigrant wagon train used naturally exposed crude to grease their wagon wheels near the Big Horn River. The state’s first oil well was drilled by Butte Oil Co. in 1901 near Kintla Lake which is now within Glacier National Park. According to a historical overview of mining in Montana compiled by the U.S. Forest Service, American Indians and fur trappers knew about oil seeps in that area and early-day prospectors wondered about the p...
The MonDak Heritage Center recently received a $5000 donation from the Bakken Brew Fest hosted by the Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture. Jenny Baker, Education and Outreach Coordinator for MDHC, is delighted with the gift, which will go towards children's programming. Plans are to use the money to purchase items on their "wish list" which includes pottery supplies, paints, beads and much, much more. "The list is huge," Baker said. "This really changes things for us," Baker said....
There are several reasons Montana is lagging behind neighboring states when it comes to oil and gas development. While North Dakota maintains nearly 200 drilling rigs at any given time, Montana has struggled to keep rigs running. North Dakota issued over 2,500 drilling permits last year. Montana issued only 297. Considering these numbers, it should come as no surprise that North Dakota is producing around a million barrels a day, while Montana pumps out less than 80,000 barrels a day. So what gives? Taxes, access, geology and regulatory...
Tales of the oil patch reach Billings like rumors of an exotic, far-off destination: stories of rags to riches, expansive housing developments, rising crime, infrastructure bursting at the seams, and all-time low unemployment. Residents and visitors are often met with a set of predictable questions: “What’s it like? Is it really how they say it is?” These questions are at the heart of a newly launched multimedia documentary project titled the “High Plains Heritage Project.” It’s about spending time getting to know people living in the areas a...
It's definitely possible and Mark Wald and Blaise Energy are proving just that. North Dakota native and co-founder of Blaise Energy formed the company to provide alternatives to flaring. "When oil is extracted from this state, the byproduct or natural gas (NG) comes up with the oil. You can store the oil, truck it off or rail it off but if there's not a pipeline readily available to capture the gas, it gets flared and we try to provide an alternative to flaring." Wald recently told KXNews in Bis...
Blaise Energy announced they are using flare gas to supply the electrical power for a major oil operator producing CNG fuel. Blaise successfully paralleled five natural gas powered generators providing one megawatt of power for the oil operator's CNG compressor. The CNG alternative fuel is being used to power bi-fuel generators at drilling rig sites reducing the oil producer's diesel costs and site emissions. The project also demonstrates how large gas volumes, contributing to the massive flarin...
Senator John Walsh today introduced legislation to authorize the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline and reform approval of future infrastructure projects to prevent the President from unilaterally stopping projects from moving forward. The Removing Repeated Executive Delays to Transboundary Approvals of Pipelines and Engineering Act – Removing RED TAPE Act – identifies critical infrastructure projects that have become politicized, removes authority for making decisions on those projects from the President, and delegates that res...
Over 100 people attended the public hearing held on April 22 at the Department of Mineral Resources office in Bismarck, ND, many of which gave testimonials voicing their position on the North Dakota Industrial Commissions (NDIC) flaring proposal that would cut back on the state's oil production as a means of controlling excessive natural gas flaring. The commission held the meeting in hopes of hearing from operators about the economic impacts of production curtailments and in hopes of hearing fr...
Yellowstone Bank has agreed to acquire a branch office of 1st Bank in Sidney, Montana. Yellowstone Bank (Yellowstone) and 1st Bank (1st Bank) have announced the signing of a purchase and assumption agreement whereby Yellowstone will acquire the Sidney, MT branch of 1st Bank, subsidiary of 1st United Bancorporation, Inc. As part of the transaction, Yellowstone will acquire one full-service retail branch, approximately $110 million in deposits and approximately $40 million in loans. Terms of the transaction will not be disclosed. The transaction...
Senator John Hoeven today announced that the United States Postal Service (USPS) will this week bring Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) devices to six locations in North Dakota. This development follows Hoeven’s ongoing work with USPS, including advocating for the installation of mPOS, to improve service across North Dakota. “I have been working hard to see that USPS increases and improves service across North Dakota, especially in the rapidly growing western portion of the state, and I am encouraged by USPS’ decision to add new, smart techn...
Due to strong growth, Territorial Landworks has opened a branch office in Sidney. The company's corporate office is located in Missoula and now has branch offices in Billings, Baker and Sidney. Territorial Landworks, Inc. is an established firm that provides a multitude of services with an emphasis in civil engineering, surveying and land use consulting for public and private clients throughout Montana, Idaho, Washington, Wyoming and North Dakota. Based in Missoula, TLI felt the brunt of the...
Senators Jon Tester and John Walsh today released the following statements after the U.S. Department of Justice announced it will make $3 million available to support survivors and increase prosecutions of domestic violence and sexual assault in the Bakken region “The Bakken’s economic growth is creating new jobs and opportunities in eastern Montana, but it’s also putting a strain on the area’s public safety and service providers. These new resources will increase protections for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and give la...
Bakken Petroleum Services Hub near Trenton, ND expands to meet market demands. Salt Lake City, UT – April 10, 2014 Savage announced today the expansion of its crude oil transloading and transportation terminal located near Trenton, ND, with direct connection to BNSF Railway's main line track. The terminal is strategically located to gather crude oil from the Williston Basin and Bakken Shale and facilitate the transport of crude to key refinery markets. The terminal provides the oil industry w...
Montana Farmers Union (MFU) submitted written testimony on behalf of its statewide membership to the Surface Transportation Board (STB), which held a hearing on rail access today in Washington, D.C. “MFU appreciates the testimony of NFU President Roger Johnson and of Terry Whiteside of Whiteside & Associates, Billings, who both expertly represented the concerns of agriculture producers in person at the STB hearing,” said MFU President Alan Merrill. “Montana and its neighboring states are experiencing long delays in rail car deliv...
Mercy Medical Center (MMC) has seen a steady increase in the number of babies being born over the past few years: In 2012, 536 babies were delivered. Compare this to the 746 babies delivered in 2013 and you'll see the increase of 210 babies in only a year. 2014 looks to be another record breaking year as the MMC OB department is expecting at least 120 babies coming due over the next couple of months from Great Plains Women's Health Center alone, per their Business Manager, Leland Tong. Five...
McKenzie Building Center, Inc., or MBCI as it has become known around the Bakken, has been serving Northwest North Dakota and McKenzie County now for 80 years, supplying professional builders, the oilfield, homeowners and residents with lumber and building material needs for new construction, remodeling and home improvement. "2014 marks a historic year for MBCI. Throughout our 80 years in business, we have become the total building material supplier to the construction, remodeling and oilfield m...
On July 6, 2013 an unattended freight train carrying Bakken crude ran away and derailed, resulting in over 40 confirmed deaths, several others missing and presumably dead, and destroyed roughly half of downtown Lac-Megantic. It was the fourth deadliest rail accident in Canadian history. According to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), the number of carloads of crude carried jumped from 9,500 in 2008 to over 400,000 carloads in 2013. These figures along with the number of recent accident...
The Richland County 6th Annual Community-wide Conference - Evening Event will be held on Thursday, March 13th, 2014 and will feature three local community speakers. This FREE event will take place in the Multipurpose Room in the St. Matthew’s Parish Center at 310 7th ST SE in Sidney starting at 5:30 pm with a pasta buffet. The purpose of the county wide conference is to gain community input and engage individuals, organizations, and agencies in efforts to better Richland County. So if you want to share any ideas and learn about what goes on in...
