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From Alison, a "factoid": North Dakota averaged 182 drilling rigs in 2011. By 2024-25, that average had dropped to about 34 rigs but each rig was drilling nearly 5 times more lateral footage per year.
Quick connects:
• Enhanced oil recovery initiative prepares to expand in Bakken -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota oil production still on the rise, boosting state tax revenues -- Dickinson Press
• ND officials jumpstarting next phase of effort to boost Bakken oil production -- KNOX Radio
• ND reaches record 20,177 producing oil wells as higher prices drive activity -- The Dakotan
• Bismarck-Mandan data center forum focuses on the positives -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota oil companies speed up well completions as prices rise, state regulator says -- Reuters
• US Department of Energy awards $1M to University of North Dakota to fund research -- Grand Forks Herald
• North Dakota farmers seek further federal tax relief from lawmakers as oil prices rise -- KX News
• Advocates make case against measure to raise constitutional amendment threshold -- North Dakota Monitor
• Plain Talk: Public Service Commission debate between Jill Kringstad and Scot Kelsh -- Williston Herald
• PSC challenger advocates for landowners; incumbent claims to be uniquely qualified -- North Dakota Monitor
• 60% threshold for changing state's constitution debated as protection or barrier -- North Dakota Monitor
• Former ND state Rep. Richard Becker, who represented Grand Forks, dies at age 84 -- Bismarck Tribune
• New State Lab opens on North Dakota Capitol grounds with expanded capabilities -- North Dakota Monitor
• Development Fund leaders ID'd in $4M in conflicts of interest; chair's firm got $500k -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota will see series of rail upgrades aided by over $23M in federal funding -- Dickinson Press
• North Dakota US House candidates Fedorchak, Hammer differ on federal oversight of AI -- Dickinson Press
• North Dakota's preliminary unemployment rate fell to 1.8% in September, down from 2.2% in August -- WZFG
• Supreme Court justices ask why they should upend voters' will in candidacy dispute -- North Dakota Monitor
• Efforts outlined to expand health care access in North Dakota, support providers & patients -- John Hoeven
• Republicans suing ND secretary of state over some legislative candidates appearing on ballot -- KX News
• It's not just blind partisanship shielding North Dakota from the national blue wave -- McKenzie County Farmer
• ND's eight commercial service airports established a new September boarding record -- Minot Daily News
• Free school meals debated as a win for families or wrong for state's constitution -- North Dakota Monitor
• Williston Basin School Board discuss potential impacts of free school meals measure -- Williston Herald
• Voters in Surrey Public School District to get second chance to vote on bond issue -- Minot Daily News
• North Dakota lawmakers consider rules for protecting children using AI chatbots -- Dickinson Press
• Opinion: The reaction to proposed teacher retention bonuses has been stupidly partisan -- InForum
• ND school business managers recognized for certification, professional development -- Dickinson Press
• Trenton's Eight Mile School District plans to seek renewal of its four-day school week -- Williston Herald
• Dexter Shondell Love Jr. responsible for $4.92 million fraud of Dickinson School District -- Dickinson Press
• North Dakota students reminded of approaching Congressional App Challenge deadline -- Julie Fedorchak
• Connecting North Dakota Educators: Education leaders from across the state gather for NDCEL -- KFYR-TV
• North Dakota Geological Survey discovery leads to new raptor dinosaur species -- Dickinson Press
• Fossilized T.rex footprints successfully airlifted from Little Missouri National Grasslands -- Minot Daily News
• Mother-daughter school bus drivers mark 100 combined years behind the wheel -- Dickinson Press
• Williston City Commission approved a three-year deferral on property assessments -- Williston Herald
• Divide reviews data center zoning rules after tour of Ellendale data center facility -- The Journal
• More than $20 million in LIHEAP funding is coming to tribal nations in North Dakota -- Dickinson Press
• District 3's Republican candidates eye preserving primary residence property tax credit -- Minot Daily News
• Southwest Art Gallery & Science Center to host its annual fundraising gala -- Dickinson Press
• Election brings repeat for commission, auditor; Divide candidates discuss why they're running -- The Journal
• Crosby auditor outlines property tax impacts and key projects in new 2027 city budget -- The Journal
• NDDEQ opens public comment period on new heavy industry proposed near Minot -- North Dakota Monitor
• Building opportunity: McKenzie County JDA drives housing, business growth -- McKenzie County Farmer
• Williams County Commission rejects data center ordinance amendments request -- Williston Herald
• Investment in data centers draws concern as it surpasses all other historical booms -- North Dakota Monitor
• Bessent: oil prices could go down before the end of the year, but it will depend on the Iran war -- The Hill
• Oil stocks in US strategic petroleum reserve fall to 282.7 million barrels, lowest level since 1982 -- Reuters
• Venezuela expects almost $76 billion of investment in its oil and gas sector over next five years -- World Oil
• Halliburton expects 2027 mid-single-digit revenue growth without requiring US fracking rebound -- World Oil
• US Department of Energy has called on refiners to ramp up diesel fuel production further -- Oil Price
• President Trump invokes Cold War-era Defense Production Act for oil production and refining -- Reuters
• Coal supply for power plants in India is ramping up to record high as power crisis looms -- Oil Price
