Lynn Helms To Retire as Director of North Dakota’s Mineral Resources Department

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — North Dakota Director of Mineral Resources Lynn Helms is retiring.

He is the state’s expert on oil.

He was appointed to lead the Oil and Gas Division in 1998.

In 2005, that division merged with the North Dakota Geological Survey and was reorganized as the Department of Mineral Resources, where Helms has continued to serve as director.

In the coming years, oil production would take off in northwest North Dakota.

The state is projected to produce its 5 billionth barrel of oil this year.

Helms’ retirement is effective June 30.