Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Tuesday, May 13, 2014; Update On Northstar Center; RBN Energy Has Another Post On Flaring In North Dakota

A billion-dollar development is taking shape northwest of Williston. KNET is reporting (a huge "thank you" to a reader for sending me these to links): 
Murphy Motors is navigating the high-speed course of the Bakken. 
When Pat Murphy was looking for a place to expand, he decided to go with a custom build.
He's abandoning Million Dollar Way, moving North to a billion dollar development.

Northstar Center will be a mixed use development, 535 acres all within city limits.
I've been told Murphy Motors is the #1 Chevrolet Corvette dealer in the United States (see first comment).

See also Northstar Center promotional release at its own website.

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RBN Energy: can ND flaring be cut to levels seen in Texas?
There is talk that natural gas flaring in the Bakken is peaking and will soon start to decline. But even the most optimistic forecast has the share of gas being flared falling from the current 30% plus to between 5 and 10% by 2020. That goal is still 10 to 20 times the 0.5% share of gas being flared in Texas. Can more be done to reduce Bakken flaring to Texas levels? Today we look at what it would take to slow Bakken flaring to a flicker.
The Wall Street Journal

Washington State insurer expects to lower health insurance premiums next year (2015).

Not everyone in Michigan is happy with a $200 million aid package to speed Detroit out of bankruptcy.

Three railroad employees were arrested and will face charges of criminal negligence in connection with July's derailment of a Bakken-crude-carrying train in eastern Canada that killed 47 people.