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Oil and Gas Research Program
State Capitol, 14th Floor, 600 E Boulevard Ave. Dept. 405
Bismarck, ND 58505-0840
Phone: 701-328-3722 Fax: 701-328-2820
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Summaries of all projects funded under this program.
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G-001-001 "Custom North Dakota ArcIMS Map Server": Submitted by: Kadrmas Lee & Jackson; Program Funding: $7,000; Total Project Costs: $14,000. For reports see Contract G-001-002

G-001-002 "Custom North Dakota ArcIMS Map Server - Management": Submitted by: ND Oil and Gas Division; Program Funding: $-0-; Total Project Costs: $-0-

G-001-003 "ND Petroleum Council's Teacher Education Seminar": Submitted by: ND Oil and Gas Association; Program Funding: $5,152; Total Project Costs: $12,880

G-001-004 "ND Studies and the Energy Industry": Submitted by: Gateway to Science Center, Inc.; Program Funding: $10,000; Total Project Costs: $20,000 CONTRACT CANCELLED

G-001-005 "Train the Trainer for Oilfield Emergencies": Submitted by: ND Association of Oil and Gas Producing Counties; Program Funding: $4,000; Total Project Costs: $8,500

G-002-006 "Digital Thin Section and Core Photo Project": Submitted by: ND Oil and Gas Division and ND Geological Survey; Program Funding: $10,000; Total Project Costs: $39,966

G-002-007 "North American Prospect Expo (NAPE)": Submitted by: ND Geological Survey; Program Funding: $5,000; Total Project Costs: $10,000

G-004-008 "North Dakota Petroleum Council Oil and Gas Education Program": Submitted by: ND Petroleum Council; Program Funding: $100,000; Total Project Costs: $210,000

G-004-009 "Industrial Safety Training Program": Submitted by: NW ND Workforce Train-WSC; Program Funding: $65,540; Total Project Costs: $281,601

G-005-010 "Contribution of Petroleum Industry to the ND Economy": Submitted by: ND Petroleum Council; Program Funding: $20,000; Total Project Costs: $40,000; Study Summary; News Release 10-17-07; and Oil and Gas Tid Bits

G-005-011 "Remediation of Salt and Hydrocarbon Impacted ND Soils": Submitted by: BioRem Environmental Consultants, Amerada Hess Corporation and the Department of Mineral Resources - Oil and Gas Division; Program Funding: $20,000; Total Project Costs: $40,000

G-005-012 "North American Prospect Expo": Submitted by: Department of Mineral Resources-Geological Survey; Program Funding: $1,445; Total Project Costs: $6,725

G-005-013 "Education of Oilfield Fire Safety": Submitted by: ND Association of Oil and Gas Producing Counties; Program Funding: $15,000; Total Project Costs: $216,500

G-005-014 "Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership Program - Phase II": Submitted by: EERC; Program Funding: $500,000; Total Project Costs: $21,487,892; EERC Presentation June 26, 2007

G-005-015 "Public Education Program": Submitted by: Northern Alliance of Independent Producers; Program Funding: $20,000; Total Project Costs: $210,000

G-006-016 "Cretaceous Gas/Shale Gas Expansion": Submitted by: Continental Resources; Program Funding: $186,120; Total Project Costs: $630,120

G-008-017 "Polymer Gel Treatment: A Remediation for Produced Waters": Submitted by: Aeon Energy; Program Funding: $50,500; Total Project Costs: $101,000; Final Report 2009,

G-008-018 "Crude Oil Transportation Capacity Study": Submitted by: Northern Alliance of Independent Producers; Program Funding: $8,000; Total Project Costs: $16,000

G-010-019 "Study of ND Crude Oil Quality Equalization System Quality Bank": Submitted by: ND Petroleum Council; Program Funding: $50,000; Total Project Costs: $100,000; G-010-019 Interim Report; G-010-019 Final Report

G-007-020 "Surface Tiltmeter Study of a Bakken Fracture Stimulation": Submitted by: Marathon Oil Company; Program Funding: $120,000; Total Project Costs: $240,000; Marathon Presentation 9-20-07; (The next file is large in size; please right click on the link and "save target as" to your hard drive before extracting the files.) Marathon Final Report; Pinnacle Data

G-007-021 "Vertical Seismic Profiling Test of Seismic Fault & Fracture Detection in the Bakken Formation": Submitted by: Marathon Oil Company; Program Funding: $150,000; Total Project Costs: $300,000; Marathon Presentation 9-20-07; Final Report 2008 (The file is 425 Megabits in size; please right click on the link and "save target as" to your hard drive before extracting the files.)

G-011-022 "Petroleum Safety and Technology Center": Submitted by: NW ND Workforce Training Division; Program Funding: $27,066; Total Project Costs: $1,235,638

G-012-023 "Energy Transmission Needs Study on ND Oil Development": Submitted by: Basin Electric Coop; Program Funding: $49,000; Total Project Costs: $201,600; Summary Presentation; Regions Final Report"; Regions Map

G-013-024 "Identification of a Shallow Gas Source System in Southwestern Steele County ND": Submitted by: Fischer Oil and Gas; Program Funding: $15,100; Total Project Costs: $30,200

G-013-025 "North Dakota Petroleum Council Teacher Education Seminar": Submitted by: ND Petroleum Council; Program Funding: $17,900; Total Project Costs: $35,800

G-013-026 "Surface Microseismic Study of a Bakken Fracture Stimulation": Submitted by: Marathon Oil Company; Program Funding: $155,000; Total Project Costs: $310,000; Final Report-Buehner 11-18H (The file is 106 Megabits in size; please right click on the link and "save target as" to your hard drive before extracting the files.)

G-014-027 "Northwest Refining, Inc. Preliminary Engineering Feasibility Study": Submitted by: Northwest Refining Inc.; Program Funding: $40,000; Total Project Costs: $80,000; Final Report; EnGlobal; OGRC Recording

G-015-028 "Hydraulic Fracturing and Microseismic Monitoring Project - Bakken Research Consortium": Submitted by: Headington Oil Company L. P.; Program Funding: $750,000; Total Project Costs: $14,000,000; Headington Final Report

G-015-029 "Surface Microseismic Study of a Bakken Simultaneous Fracture Stimulation": Submitted by: Marathon Oil Company; Program Funding: $207,550; Total Project Costs: $415,100; (The next file is large in size; please right click on the link and "save target as" to your hard drive before extracting the files.) Final Report 5-09

G-015-030 "Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership Program - Phase III": Submitted by: EERC; Program Funding: $500,000; Total Project Costs: $135,731,052

G-015-031 "Geomechanical Study of Bakken Formation in the Nesson Anticline Area, Williams, County, ND": Submitted by: University of North Dakota; Program Funding: $100,000; Total Project Costs: $200,000

G-015-032 "Purpose-Fit Portable Multi-Phase Production Measurement System": Submitted by: Ward Williston Oil Company; Program Funding: $98,000; Total Project Costs: $196,000

G-015-033 "Town Hall Meeting - A Conversation on Oil and Gas": Submitted by: ND Association of Oil and Gas Producing Counties; Program Funding: $10,000; Total Project Costs: $20,000; Final Report 1-09; and Frequently Asked Questions

G-016-034 "Oil Can! (Good Neighbor Initiative) Outreach Program": Submitted by: ND Petroleum Council; Program Funding: $50,000; Total Project Costs: $133,000;

G-016-035 "Contribution of Petroleum Industry to the ND Economy": Submitted by: ND Petroleum Council; Program Funding: $13,000; Total Project Costs: $26,000;

G-017-038 "Commercial Driver Training Program": Submitted by: Fort Berthold Community College; Program Funding: $11,900 ; Total Project Costs: $137,106;

G-018-036 "Bakken Water Opportunities Assessment": Submitted by: EERC; Program Funding: $110,000; Total Project Costs: $230,000; This project is part of the northern Great Plains Waster Consortium Program and is the investigation of the recycling of water flowed-back after Bakken Fracture stimulation.

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