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Armstrong pushes energy and value-added agriculture policies, calls for more pipeline capacity and legal pushback at federal level
Summary
Governor Kelly Armstrong emphasized supporting oil and agriculture: increasing oil recovery, reducing gas flaring through offloading and pipeline infrastructure, pursuing value-added agricultural projects, and coordinating legal strategy against federal regulations.
In his address Governor Kelly Armstrong framed energy production and agriculture as the economic bedrock of North Dakota and called for policy and infrastructure actions to expand production and add value to commodities.
Armstrong said North Dakota produces about 1,200,000 barrels of oil per day and argued the state is still leaving over 80% of recoverable oil in the ground; he urged policy to encourage enhanced oil recovery and value-added uses for natural gas, including increased pipeline infrastructure to offload gas and reduce flaring. He also highlighted local examples of value-added agriculture—soybean crushing in Spiritwood and renewable diesel production in Dickinson—and proposed expanding farm-to-school programs to increase local procurement.
The governor said the administration will coordinate with Attorney General Wrigley on an “aggressive” legal strategy against federal regulations the administration regards as burdensome.
