NDDH O&G Air Permitting Guidance

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North Dakota Department of Health (NDDH) May 2011 final oil and gas permitting and compliance guidance including emission inventory spreadsheets that all operators must use:

• Memo
• Guidance document
• Emissions calculation spreadsheet

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North Dakota Modeling Policy for Compressor Engines & Glycol Dehy Units

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Clarifies "when dispersion modeling is required for be submitted for facilities which include compressor engine(s) and/or glycol dehydration unit(s) as the primary source(s) of emissions." Applies to criteria and air toxics emissions. Also provides "procedure to follow when "further review" of emissions is required..."

May 16, 2011 NDDH Memo
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North Dakota Air Toxics Policy Revision

Primarily a significant increase in the unit risk factor for formaldehyde and case-specific option for use of screening model other than ISC Screen3.

Memo

"Running With Oil" Stories About North Dakota's Oil Boom

""Running with Oil,” a series of reports on North Dakota’s booming oil industry, appeared Aug. 15 through Aug. 22 2010 in the North Dakota newspapers of Forum Communications Co.: The Dickinson Press, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, the Grand Forks Herald and the Jamestown Sun. Each day of the series is archived on this site. Choose the day you'd like to view from the navigation bar above." (Click on title to go to home page.)

North Dakota O&G Map

Zoom in to location of any well or gas plant within the state.

Flare Guidance (Modeling, Emissions, etc)

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Flare Modeling Guidance from NDDH

Iowa DNR guidance and spreadsheet tool -- links on this page

Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission


(updated post 8/19/2011, KMM)
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North Dakota growth analysis

A Basic Analysis of the Bakken Oil Boom: Precautions and Planning

"The oil industry began booming in northwestern North Dakota in 2006 with developments in the Bakken formation. This paper is an analysis of the boom and its impact upon the economies in a six county region identified by the high numbers of drilling and permits pulled in the region. Counties in the study region include Billings, Burke, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, and Williams counties.

The boom is evidenced by 28% per annum job growth from 2005‐08 in mining industry employment in the region, an increase in the share of mining jobs in the regions basic industry mix (from 28% in 2000 to 55% in 2008), and a 2008 location quotient of 10.6 for the region’s mining industry relative to the state. This increased mining activity has also corresponded with average annual continuous growth in state‐wide oil and gas extraction tax revenues of 33%. Nearly 25% of all oil and gas extraction tax revenue collected in the state since the institution of the tax in 1981 has happened in the 2008 and 2009 fiscal years. The increased employment and tax revenues are by and large benefits to the state, which is currently one of only a few states experiencing a budget surplus."

Above from the executive summary. (Click on blog title to go to report.)