Saturday, December 14, 2013

Petroleum News Has An Update On Flaring Issues In The North Dakota Bakken

Petroleum News is reporting:
The number of applications for flaring exemptions in North Dakota is up two to three times what is typical for the month, according to Lynn Helms, director of the state Department of Minerals Resources Oil and Gas Division.
Most of the flaring-related applications that the North Dakota Industrial Commission will consider in hearings scheduled for Dec. 18 and 19 are for flaring natural gas from wells that are not yet connected to gathering infrastructure and the operators want to continue producing oil at maximum rates beyond the 60 days of unrestricted production allowed under state rules. That comes as no surprise to Helms since the commission has been issuing these types of exemptions for six months at a time and many are due to expire on Dec. 31.
Back on November 23, 2013, I wrote (http://themilliondollarway.blogspot.com/2013/11/trends-noted-in-ndic-hearing-dockets.html):
I've been posting an abbreviated summary of the dockets since 2009 and I don't think I've ever seen so many cases requesting permission/waivers for unlimited flaring as in the December, 2013, hearings.

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