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that includes the Dakotas, Montana and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
• North Dakota produced a record 650.8 million cubic feet of natural gas in April. Montana produced 85 million cubic feet for the month, and South Dakota's production was pegged at 42.1 million cubic feet.
• Natural gas production from traditional wells typically mirrors crude production and drops off as oil pumped from the well declines.
• The Bentek study predicts gas production could actually increase or decrease at a slower rate in the Bakken and Three Forks wells as oil production declines. The study based its findings on older Bakken wells in Montana.

• Kringstad said natural gas produced from the Bakken and Three Forks formations also is rich in liquids that can be converted into fuels such as butane, propane and gasoline.
• Kringstad, Ness and Alison Ritter, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Mineral Resources, said North Dakota's natural gas potential could be parlayed into value-added industries from fertilizer to petroleum products in the state and beyond.
• "This is an invitation for industry to come in and invest in North Dakota, if they haven't already," Ritter said.
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• OGLALA, S.D. (AP) -- The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe has declared a state of emergency after several homes were damaged or destroyed during a weekend storm.
• President John Yellow Bird Steele is calling on the Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide financial assistance to the tribal government and tribal members affected by strong winds that tore through the Pine Ridge reservation community of Oglala early Sunday morning.
• The tribe says four homes were completely destroyed and 14 mobile homes were damaged or knocked off their cinder blocks.
• The federal Storm Prediction Center says there were two reports of winds reaching 60 miles per hour in Shannon County, which includes the Pine Ridge reservation, Sunday morning.
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