North Dakota officials took the first step toward entering into a contract that would would provide a decade long cash guarantee to a natural gas pipeline company on Thursday.

North Dakota lawmakers are set to raise the amount of cash that the state could guarantee to a natural gas pipeline developer to $500 million over a 10-year period, making the figure $200 million ...

Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary says North Dakota has his attention ... "With massive reserves of stranded natural gas and a newly approved pipeline to Fargo … it's perfectly positioned ...