10 Recycling gas is hot.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

Lawmakers have introduced at least two approaches designed to curb the waste of natural gas in oil-rich North Dakota. About 30 percent of the gas that is a byproduct of oil production is being burned off, or "flared," because pipelines and processing facilities are not being developed as fast as the gas is being produced. Currently, oil producers can flare natural gas for a year without paying taxes or royalties on it, but they can receive an extension from state regulators. One bill would eliminate those extensions in order to reduce waste and allow the state to collect...