Environment
Mixed / Neutral
Benefits
- Incentivizes technology to reduce gas flaring
- Encourages efficient resource capture
Risks
- Promotes continued fossil fuel extraction
- Potential environmental costs of enhanced oil recovery
Mark Enget
SB 2397 status: Introduced — Filed with Secretary Of State 05/06 (updated Jun 11, 2025).

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Confidence
Low
Analysis basis
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Bill summary
Relating to a limited exemption for development incentive wells; to amend and reenact sections 57‑51‑02.6, 57‑51‑05, and 57‑51.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the temporary exemption for oil and gas wells employing a system to avoid flaring, an exemption from gross production tax for gas produced from certain enhanced oil recovery projects, and the definition of development incentive well; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
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Mixed / Neutral
Positive outlook
Mixed / Neutral
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Potential fiscal exposure due to tax exemptions
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