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WPX Energy Spreads Christmas Cheer

WPX Energy is celebrating the season of giving by donating $50,000 to the United Way of Dickinson to support needs in Stark, Dunn and Billings counties. WPX has offices in Killdeer and New Town where the company employs 83 people. WPX has been developing oil wells in...

TRADE READY seeks projects to train student welders

TRADE READY, a program that provides local students with hands-on welding experience, is looking for projects to allow them to hone their skills. Working under the instruction and supervision of certified welder, students will learn hands-on fundamentals, allowing...

Hess Corporation makes substantial $100,000 donation to Great Plains Food Bank

FARGO, N.D. – Hess Corporation, with affiliate offices located in Minot, has made a substantial commitment to the fight to end hunger with a $100,000 gift to the Great Plains Food Bank that will immediately help to feed hungry seniors, children and families across...

Hess teams-up with North Dakota State Fair Foundation to offer scholarships for high school seniors

Hess Corporation will partner with the North Dakota State Fair Foundation to offer eight scholarships to high school seniors who are current members of either 4H or FFA and are pursuing secondary education or training in a career related to or in support of the oil...

Bakken BBQ donates $75,000 to Make-A-Wish North Dakota

By Jackie Jahfetson, The Dickinson Press Even during a pandemic, local businesses and the Dickinson community came out back in August for the Bakken BBQ to help support Make-A-Wish, exceeding expectations to be able to donate a large monetary contribution. Bakken BBQ...

Equinor awards fellowships to support STEM education

Equinor awards fellowships to support STEM educationVia the Williston Herald Williston, N.D. – In addition to the funding for elementary STEM training, another teacher, Kristina Hildebrandt, also received a fellowship. Hildebrandt, who teaches at Lewis and Clark...

Hess Donates Toy Trucks to Elementary Schools in North Dakota

BISMARCK, October 27th -- Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) announced today that it will donate the just-released 2020 Hess Ambulance and Rescue trucks and STEM education kits to every elementary school in North Dakota for the third straight year, totaling approximately...

Sweet Briar School students receive toy trucks from Hess Corporation to learn STEM

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Students at Sweet Briar School in Mandan received toy truck donations from the Hess Corporation in North Dakota. Each year, Hess donates about 6,700 truck to elementary schools in the state to provide students with science, engineering,...

Advancing the Possibilities in Grand Forks

North Dakota's oil and natural gas industry pays more than $2 billion dollars a year to the State of North Dakota in production and extraction taxes. That figure doesn’t include the millions of dollars more paid to the state in royalties and what our companies and...

North Dakota Petroleum Foundation Announces 2020 Scholarship Recipients

The North Dakota Petroleum Foundation (NDPF) has awarded its 2020 Al Golden Scholarships to nine outstanding students who are pursuing post-secondary education in geology, engineering, processing plant technology, science, technical skills or other careers related to...

Bakken BBQ donates $75,000 to Make-A-Wish North Dakota

Nov 9, 2020

Equinor awards fellowships to support STEM education

Oct 28, 2020

Hess Donates Toy Trucks to Elementary Schools in North Dakota

Oct 27, 2020

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