Vegetable Oil To Cut Down Dust; Ethane Pipeline to Canada

June 26, 2012:

A reader comments today:

Hilton Gardens should be nice. Value Place? Williston already has 2 and 2 more are going in at the Sand Creek Town Center (along with the 160 room Radisson). Williston is also getting the 240 room Country Inn & Suites and a 100-room Staybrdige Suites (according to their site) http://marshotelmanagement.com/coming-soon/

June 24, 2012: 

Oil companies giving back millions to North Dakota. 

In Dickinson:

Marathon: lead contributor to Housing Incentive Fund, $2.5 million contribution; $1 million to St Joseph's Hospital and Health Center

In Williston:

Halliburton: second $25,000 check last week to Mercy Medical Center

Target Logistics: several donations, including $17,000 to the Williston Police Department toward its first K-9 unit, $5,000 to Olympic swimming hopeful Carissa Gormally and a $2,500 scholarship for the Miss North Dakota pageant.

Target Logistics donation of $55,000 to the Williams County Sheriff’s Office to purchase cameras for squad cars is on hold by county commissioners citing conflict of interest.

Other:

Hess: $25 million support education

Unidentified: $4 million toward Minot flood recovery; $4 - $5 million for North Dakota Heritage Center (I believe CLR is a big contributor to that center)

June 22, 2012

Menards, Shoe Carnival, Cash Wise Foods coming to Dickinson.Several large retailers and hotels have confirmed tenancy in Dickinson’s newest retail center, West Ridge Center, in the northwest corner of Exit 59 in Dickinson, Roers Development announced this morning.

Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, HomStay Suites, and Home 2 Extended stay, as well as Cash Wise Foods, Cash Wise Liquor, Menards, AT&T, Dollar Tree, Petco, Gate City Bank, Value Place and Shoe Carnival have all committed to occupy the retail area set to break ground this summer, according to a press release.

June 18, 2012 

Link here to InsideClimate News/Dickinson Press. When the link breaks, google: Tesoro vegetable oil Dunn Center.

North Dakota approves pipeline to carry ethane to Alberta. 430 mile pipeline from Tioga's Hess natural gas processing plant to Empress, Alberta; 80-mile leg in North Dakota. No doubt US State Dept approval is needed/forthcoming. According to a comment back in January, 2012, US State Department approval is necessary.