Oil pumpjacks operate in Williams County in September 2024. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A recent North Dakota Supreme Court decision could have ripple effects for thousands of oil wells, the mineral owners who receive royalties from them and the oil industry in the state as a whole. The decision voided one order, issued…
Representatives from Summit Carbon Solutions present during a Department of Mineral Resources hearing related to a carbon dioxide storage permit on June 11, 2024, in Bismarck. A judge’s order could have implications for the storage permit, which was later approved by state regulators. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A court’s finding that…
Attorney Derrick Braaten and Troy Coons, head of the Northwest Landowners Association, listen during a March 27, 2025, legislative hearing. On Tuesday, a district judge ruled in favor of the landowner group in a lawsuit related to property rights. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A district court judge on Tuesday sided with a landowner…
Kurt Swenson, a North Dakota landowner, speaks during a legislative hearing on March 27, 2025, in Bismarck. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Landowners forced to participate in Summit Carbon Solutions’ planned carbon dioxide storage project in North Dakota are claiming the state received more favorable contract terms than private property owners were offered. The…
Red Trail Energy at Richardton, North Dakota, produces about 65 million gallons of ethanol from about 23 million bushels of corn each year. (Photo courtesy of Red Trail Energy)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A sustainable aviation fuel developer plans to shift investment from South Dakota to North Dakota, in part because of delays in the development of the multi-state…
North Dakota Supreme Court Justices, from left, Douglas Bahr, Daniel Crothers, Jon Jensen, Lisa Fair McEvers and Jerod Tufte hear arguments Dec. 18, 2023, in a case involving Summit Carbon Solutions and landowners. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to take another look…
James Yantzer and Valorie Cartwright, both Bismarck, look at signs showing the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline route ahead of a hearing on April 22, 2024. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)AMES, IOWA (North Dakota Monitor) — Summit Carbon Solutions has a new CEO, Joe Griffin, who authored letters this week to signed and unsigned landowners along the carbon pipeline project…
enora Kenner, center, of Bismarck, talks with attendees of an anti-CO2 pipeline protest at the Capitol in Bismarck on July 27, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Two North Dakota judges have ruled that lawsuits filed by landowners against carbon pipeline company Summit Carbon Solutions can proceed over objections about court procedures. Several landowners are suing…
Summit Carbon Solutions plans to build a 2,500-mile network of CO2 pipelines across the Midwest to capture carbon produced by ethanol plants and then sequester it underground in North Dakota. (Courtesy of Summit Carbon Solutions)PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The massive carbon capture pipeline in the Midwest was thrown into uncertainty Tuesday after South Dakota’s Public Utility Commission denied its route…
Rep. SuAnn Olson, R-Baldwin, speaks during a House floor session on Feb. 14, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Members of the North Dakota House on Friday showed their commitment to pipelines and energy development, voting down six bills that would have taxed or put guard rails on the emerging carbon capture industry. Rep. Jeremy Olson,…
