Post by Logan on May 13, 2016 7:21:17 GMT -6
Governor candidates call for audit of North Dakota Oil and Gas Division
BISMARCK – Two gubernatorial candidates from opposing parties called Thursday for an audit of North Dakota’s Oil and Gas Division, raising concerns that production numbers are not being verified and citing a tip that employees were ordered to destroy public records – a claim the agency’s spokeswoman called “completely baseless.”
Republican candidate Paul Sorum of Bismarck and Democratic hopeful Marvin Nelson, a state representative from Rolla, held a joint press conference in Bismarck to call for a performance audit of the division within the Department of Mineral Resources.
“This is not a partisan issue, which is why Marvin and I and many other people are on the same page. We just want the law to be followed,” Sorum said.
Both candidates said they had planned to hold the press conference next Monday but moved it up after they were contacted by an attorney for a division employee who claimed Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms ordered the destruction of emails and records related to the transportation and sale of oil.
Read more: www.inforum.com/news/4031494-governor-candidates-call-audit-north-dakota-oil-and-gas-division
BISMARCK – Two gubernatorial candidates from opposing parties called Thursday for an audit of North Dakota’s Oil and Gas Division, raising concerns that production numbers are not being verified and citing a tip that employees were ordered to destroy public records – a claim the agency’s spokeswoman called “completely baseless.”
Republican candidate Paul Sorum of Bismarck and Democratic hopeful Marvin Nelson, a state representative from Rolla, held a joint press conference in Bismarck to call for a performance audit of the division within the Department of Mineral Resources.
“This is not a partisan issue, which is why Marvin and I and many other people are on the same page. We just want the law to be followed,” Sorum said.
Both candidates said they had planned to hold the press conference next Monday but moved it up after they were contacted by an attorney for a division employee who claimed Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms ordered the destruction of emails and records related to the transportation and sale of oil.
Read more: www.inforum.com/news/4031494-governor-candidates-call-audit-north-dakota-oil-and-gas-division