Money from a North Dakota research fund will be used to explore whether wasted natural gas may be used to provide electricity for oil producers and rural electric cooperatives.
Rapid expansion of North Dakota's oil production has also boosted the state's output of natural gas, which is a byproduct of oil production. State Department of Mineral Resources statistics show a 63 percent increase in natural gas production in the last five years. Oil output has more than doubled during the same period, to more than 245,000 barrels a day.
Full Story: ND research money to explore waste gas for power - BusinessWeek
Rapid expansion of North Dakota's oil production has also boosted the state's output of natural gas, which is a byproduct of oil production. State Department of Mineral Resources statistics show a 63 percent increase in natural gas production in the last five years. Oil output has more than doubled during the same period, to more than 245,000 barrels a day.
Full Story: ND research money to explore waste gas for power - BusinessWeek
