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Wolf Run Village in Watford City will soon house many essential services personnel including: emergency medical personnel, police officers, teachers and others who are committed to serving the needs of the community. 42 apartments: 24 one bedroom units and 18 two bedroom units will be constructed to the highest standards and will be available to rent furnished or unfurnished at affordable rates, some as early as August 2013. “The goal is to get the school teachers out of the portable trailers a...
Rangeland reclamation is no easy task, and the need for more information on how to do it effectively is growing as the number of pipelines criss-crossing the open prairies of eastern Montana and western North Dakota increase with oil and gas development in the Bakken. To meet that need, a one-day workshop that brings together reclamation researchers, energy company representatives and ranchers and land managers to discuss the best methods for managing pipeline reclamation is planned for Tuesday, March 5th in Sidney. The all-day workshop runs...
The message Wednesday at the Montana State Capitol in Helena was that it’s time for oil and gas companies to pay their fair share of taxes instead of getting a free ride on most of their production. At a press conference sponsored by the Northern Plains Resource Council, Senator Christine Kaufmann (D-Helena) outlined her Senate Bill 295, which would repeal the tax-free holiday Montana gives oil and gas companies on the first 12 to 18 months of production. A typical Bakken formation well yields 57% of its production in the first 18 months, b...
Target Logistics, the largest turnkey workforce housing provider in the United States, will hold the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of its Watford City Lodge on Thursday, February 21 at 5:30 PM. The lodge is designed to accommodate the ever-growing workforce in the Bakken and now provides much-needed housing for 334 oil, gas and pipeline workers – with an additional 300 bedrooms planned for this summer. “Keeping workers comfortable, well fed and safe comprise what we describe as ‘The Economics of Comfort™’,” says Target Logistics Founder and...
With plans for drilling set for May, the city of Sidney will soon have a horizontal well drilling underneath its soil, and residents holding mineral rights leases are anxiously wondering if the well will tap into a reservoir of black gold. The project has been making headway for several years as lease agreements were gathered by Bakken Oil, of Sidney, and others. But, it wasn’t until the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation signed the well application docket number 257-2012 on Dec. 13, 2...
