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This photo, believed to
during the abnormally dry
• The following are cases closed in
S~outhwest District Court in Febru-
ary in Billings County: ,
Speeding: Michael A. Abell, 20,
Spearfish, S. D.; Christopher E.
Amer, 43, Queen Creek, Ariz.; Clay-
ton T. Barmore, 22, Watford City;
Thomas C. Bistiop, 52, Pierre, S. D.;
Justin D. Boots, 43, Fairbanks,
Alaska; David S. Borys, 44, Watford
City; Christopher J. Bourque, 25,
Youngstown, Fla.; David J. Chandler,
46, Evanston, Wyo.; Michael T. Col-
gan, 34, Poplar, Mont.; Jeramia J.
Crawford, 33, Watford City; Cory W.
Cummings, 26, Springfield, Mo.;
Joseph T. Dilisio, 24, Williston;
Charles R. D. Foster, 38, Vernal,
Utah; Ramon A. Garcia-Chavez, 40,
Colorado'Springs, Colo.; Kevin C.
Gibbons, 41, Monroe, Ga.(2 counts);
Octavio Gutierrez Arredondo, 29,
Colorado, Colo.; Henry J. Harber, 43,
Longview, Texas; Lawrence L. Hoff,
49, Dickinson; Andrea W. Hyatt, 43,
Greenwood, S. C.; F~ilip S. Jensen,
40, Boise, Idaho; Darcy W. Johnson,
58, Watford City; James C. Johnson,
24, Manchester, Ga.; Steven J. John-
fron, 52, Belfield; Jeremiah B. John-
~on, 24, Bismarck; Joseph Rc
Kachuroi, 59, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Speeding: Phillip J. Kellogg, 18,
Watford City; Carmon L. LaRose, 49,
Watford City; Robin S. Lene, 49, De-
troit Lakes, Minn.; Philip B. Mackey,
25, Parachute, Colo.; Scott R. Mc-
Dowell, 34, Williston; Cory B. Mead-
ows, 20, Bismarck; Tracy A. Miller,
55, Lincoln; David G. Nelson, 35,
Belle Fourche, S. D.; Daniel D. Nix,
52, Spartanburg, S. C.; Crystal D.
Overbo, 27, Beach; Jolynn P. Pelton,
58, Watford City; Joey D. Phillips,
32, Detroit, Texas; Shiloh L. Pitman,
31, Williston; Devon J. Pope, 31,
Pasadena, Calif.; Jason M. Ratterree,
24, Hermitage, Ark.; Andrew J.
Schatz, 28, Jamestown; Kenneth E.
$chneibel, 43, Williston; Matthew D.
$eibert, 23, Columbus, Mont.; Lee
M. Smith, 57, Anchorage, Alaska;
Gregory R. Snow, 40, Crane, Mont.
q
i10
A Piece of the Past
be from the 1930s in eastern Billings County,
conditions at the time. (Courtesy File Photo)
shows the landscape
Speeding: James C. Steed, 40,
Colorado City, Ariz.; James M. Tay-
lor, 42, Greenville, Ala.; Cecil J.
Thomas, 35, Pompey Pillar, Mont.;
Tasha M. Tople, 24, Aberdeen, S. D.;
Daniel J. Trapp, 25, Eau Claire, Wis.;
Jeremy Vetsch, 37, Fargo; Benjamin
M. Vogelpohl, 25, Winsted, Minn.;
Khalaf Jamaan Awadh Alhafi, 32,
Saudi Arabia OT; John Q. A. Butler,
3rd, 43, Cody, Wyo.; Billy L. Chase,
61, Wheaton, Minn.; Adam Gisi, 23,
Dickinson; Alvin Gravos, 66, Wat-
ford , City; Octavio , Gutierrez
Arredondo, 30, Colorado Springs,
Colo.; Cody W. Handley, 22, Watford
City; James A. Heilman, 33,
Spearfish, S. D.; Lori A. Hlebechuk,
47, Belfield; Allan E. James, 27,
Pauma Valley, Calif.; Anthony L,
Jeter, 29, Prescott Valley, Ariz.; Jor-
dan R. Johnson, 24, Rapid City, S.D.;
Olivier J. Lavelanet, 41, Missoula,
Mont.; Rodney L. McMullen, 52,
Gillette, Wyo.; Christine M. Nelson,
50, Watford City
Speeding: Ryan D. Page, 23, New
Castle, Colo.; Jeffery W. Pelland, 55,
Chicago, Ill.; Douglas L. Perkins, 47,
American Fork, Utah; David R.
Prozeller, .51, Belle Fourche, S. D.;
Donnie J. Pullen, 35, Wetumka,
Okla.; Terry F. Robinson, 51, Boise,
Idaho; Joseph R. Shelton, 28,
Wilmar, Ark.; Jorge F. Sosa, 51,
Hialeah, Fla.; Amy L. Wilt, 47,
Williston; Nicholas J. Wright, 27,
Gillette, Wyo.; Richard L. Becker, 48,
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To the editor:
The Legislature is well into the
second half of the session and as
usual, all the work done in the first
half is now upside down.
Case in point is the bill that rede-
fines stripper wells and includes a re-
duction in production tax if oil
production grows. When the bill was
in the House, the oil industry lobby-
ist indicated he supported the idea.
The Senate Finance and Tax Com-
mittee had its hearing on the bill and
the lobbyist ~ame in and testified
against the bill. The tax department
reported to the House Finance and
Tax Committee that the bill was rev-
enue neutral, when the Senate re-
viewed the fiscal note it read a $127
cent. In April 2012, when the
Pipeline Authority first began pro-
viding the transportation ratios, the
rail/pipeline percent split was 28/56
percent, but ever since, rail has been
either holding nearly steady or has
gained on pipelines, and in Septem-
Operator failed to wear seat ber rail surpassed pipelines for the
belt: Cody W. Handley, 22, Watford first time and has been gaining ever
City; Scott R. Knapp, 44, Mullan, since.
Idaho; Zane L. Shumway, 58, Terry, Currently between 546,094 and
Mont.; Jorge F. Sosa, 51, Hialeah, 566,094 barrels of oil ate shipped out
Fla.; Nicholas J. Wright, 27, Gillette, of the basin on seven to eight unit
Wyo. trains per day. There are "22 opera-
Drove without taillights whentional rail loading facilities in North
required: Dashamir Kovaci, 50, Dakota, 17 of which are served by
Hamilton, NJ. Burlington Northern Santa Fe and the
Open receptacle: Cody W. Hand- ' remaining five by Canadian Pacific.
ley, 22, Wafford City During a press Conference held in
Driving or in actual physicalconjunctiofl with the Oil and Gas Di-
control of motor vehicle: Cameron vision, Kringstad said the reason for
E. Hall, 32, Watford City the shift is that current economics for
DUI of alcohol 9r with AC ,08destination sites favor rail t~ansport
percent or more: John R. Emling, over pipelines. "It's attracting a lot of
46, Beach barrels to the rail side," he said.
Littering (Game & Fish): Timo- Kringstad said that the price for
thy W. Burge, 22, Casper, Wyo. Bakken crude oil at Clearbrook,
Driving while license privilege is Minn., is nearly on par with West
suspended: Phillip J. Kellogg, 18, Texas intermediate or WTI, although
Watford City; Vance C. Lipe, Supe- Brent crude is still bringing about
rior, Wis.; Octavio Gutierrez$20 per barrel more than Bakken
Arredondo, 30, Colorado Springs, crude. He said better pricing at pro-
Colo.; Megan L. McKittrick, 26, Wat= mium markets is what is driving the
ford City; John W. Taylor, 35, Prince- current advantage that rail has over
ton, La.; pipelines because of the access rail
Failed to register motor vehicle has to those destinations.
upon gainful employment: Clayton "If you take a look at it from an
T. Barmore, 22, Watford City; Cody overall l~erspective, it's good that we
W. Handley, 22, Watford City; Aaron have the optionality here in North
P. Havens, 34, Mesquite, Nev.; Allan Dakota currently to move our crude
E. James, 27, Pauma Valley, Calif.; oil," Kringstad said. "The shippers
Jordan R. Johnson, 24, Rapid City, S. have that option if they want to uti-
D. " lize rail while the economics are very
il
million loss to the state.
,The school funding bill received
a rocky reception in the Senate Edu-
cation Committee and the same is
happening in the House regarding
bilN thatthe Senate passed over.
This usually indicates that the ses-
sion will run close to the 80 days
with some ,long conference commit-
tees.
Another result that happens at
crossover is that legislators get a
good look at the proposed spending
level that has been introduced and
passed out of each chamber. The
summary indicates We are over
budget by $800 million and everyone
starts to worry how to keep their fa-
vorite project funded. We all know
that if one project gets funded then
there is less money for another proj-
ect. The results of how much fund-
ing is going where will not be known
until the end of session so the waiting
game has started. These are times
that test a person's patience and
nerves.
The bill that addresses the oil and
gas impact dollars had a good hear-
ing in the Senate Finance and Tax
Committee, but I don't expect any ac-
tion until the end of March. It will
then go to a conference committee
and that committee will work out any
differences between the House and
Senate version.
Rep. David Drovdal
District 39, R-Arnegard
Oil
(Continued from Page 1)
attractive in that direction; if they
need to switch over to pipeline trans-
portation for other marketing reasons
the.flexibility, and the opportunities
are there."
On the natural gas side, Kringstad
said the number of wells with first-
time gas sales was down in Decem-
ber; but he said that was in line with
the total number of new wells that
went into production in December.
"So even though there was a slight
downtick, it's still keeping up with
the production side, which is very en-
couraging."
On flaring, Kringstad said he sees
two challenges, one being to build
the pipeline footprint out farther to
reach wells outside of the Bakken
core area. But inside that core area,
he said, compression is an important
issue and how to utilize the existing
gas lines to move additional gas.
"So as-the infill drilling starts to
take place, as we're seeing more and
more production from smaller areas,
we need to make sure that compres-
sion is going to be installed and that
those pipelines can handle those
larger volumes."
Kringstad said he has been told
that ,pipeline companies are taking
advantage of , the reduction in
pipeline transport to perform mainte-
nance. When pipelines are "running
full and running at full throttle," it's
difficult for the companies to keep up
with maintenance, he said. But the
pipeline companies don't expect the
open capacity to be a long-term issue,
Kringstad said, and the current open
capacity has given them "a little" bit
of breathing room."
On upcoming pipeline projects in
North Dakota, Kringstad said there
are a number of projects on several
levels. On projects •dealing. with
major export out of the basin,
Kringstad said probably the "sizable"
project on .the federal side is En-
bridge's Sandpiper project, which
would provide an additional 225,000
barrels per day capacity to the Gulf.
But he said there are a number of lo-
calized projects to move crude oil
within the basin. Kringstad said he is
not aware of any new plans for addi-
tional rail terminals, but said that
doesn't necessarily mean there won't
be any more built in the future.
(The preceding was reprinted with
permission of Petroleum News
Bakken, based in Anchorage,
Alaska.)
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