WILLISTON BASIN PETROEUM CONFERENCE

Continental Resources to resume oil drilling in North Dakota this year

Harold Hamm, right, founder of Continental Resources, speaks to Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, during the 2026 Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismarck on May 21, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A leading North Dakota oil producer plans to resume drilling in the state after taking a pause from…

Burgum wants to make North Dakota carbon-neutral by 2030

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Gov. Doug Burgum issued a challenge during the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference on Wednesday to make North Dakota a carbon-neutral state by the end of the decade. “North Dakota is among the best positioned to help our country and our world transition in an economically feasible way to a carbon-constrained future while providing reliable, resilient and…