DMR - Key Persons
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- Production Auditing and Gas Measurement Supervisor
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- UIC & Treating Plant Manager
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- Paleontology Staff Member
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- Engineering Technician - UIC Permitting & Treating Plant
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- Public Information Specialist
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- Paleontologist / Fossil Technician
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- Oil and Gas Production Analyst
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- Paleontology Staff Member
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- Engineering Technician - Permitting
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- Oil and Gas Meter Systems Specialist
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- Account Budget Specialist II
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- Engineering Technician - Logs and Surveys
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- Petroleum Engineer - UIC Supervisor
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- Human Resources Technician II
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- Paleontology Staff Member
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- Administrative Assistant I - Pipelines Program
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- Paleontology Staff Member
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- Lab Technician
- Laboratory Technician
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- Engineering Technician - GIS Pipelines Program
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- Director of Mineral Resources
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- Assistant Director Oil and Gas Division
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- Engineering Technician - Logs and Surveys
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- Petroleum Engineer / Reclamation Specialist
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- Data Design Analyst / RBDMS
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- Petroleum Engineer - Permitting
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- Administrative Assistant II - Bonding
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- Engineering Technician - Permitting
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- Engineering Technician - Directional Surveys
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- Petroleum Resource Geologic Analyst
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- Petroleum Resource Geologic Analyst
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- Resource Geologic Analyst
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- Core Library Manager
- Geologist / Core Library Manager
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- Permit Manager / Geophysical Supervisor
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- Resource Geologic Analyst
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- Account Budget Specialist I
Wilson Morrow Laird became North Dakota State Geologist in 1941 at the age of 26, making him one of the youngest, if not the youngest, to serve as a state geologist in the United States. He held the position of state geologist and chairman of the University of North Dakota geology department for the next 28 years, roughly equaling the tenure of former North Dakota State Geologist A.G. Leonard (1903-1932).
Immediately, Dr. Laird went to work shepherding oil and gas conservation laws through the North Dakota State Legislature, fully ten years before oil would be discovered in North Dakota. These laws, based on the Interstate Oil Compact Commission's Model Act, ensured the orderly development of oil and gas in North Dakota. The statutes made the North Dakota Industrial Commission the regulatory body for oil and gas and designated the state geologist the commission's advisor and enforcer of the rules. In 1981, the legislature shifted those duties to the director of the newly created Oil and Gas Division.