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A recent study backs up longstanding research that the oil boom in the Bakken region of Montana and North Dakota contributed to a significant increase...
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Dickinson, North Dakota is a very different place than it was two years ago, when this oilfield town of less than 30,000 people was one of the fastest…
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Some of the best places in America to see the starry night sky also happen to the best places to drill for oil. Think western North Dakota or West Texas,…
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The high school football game is the center of life for small towns in much of rural America. And one town, in western North Dakota, is celebrating the…
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In North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield, demand for electricity has skyrocketed – unlike much of the rest of country, where demand been flat since the…
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Steve Fischer finished law school in Ohio in 2010 — one of the worst years to graduate in recent memory. Less than 70 percent of law school grads who…
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“Man camps,” or temporary worker housing, are a defining characteristic of an oil boom. Development happens so fast, there’s never enough time to build…
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We’ve been hearing a lot about crashing oil prices lately. Crude oil is selling for $46 barrel today compared to over $90 a year ago. The price drop is…
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The current oil and gas boom, fueled by a technique called hydraulic fracturing, has opened massive shale gas and oil formations in states like Texas,…
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There’s an invisible network connecting every corner of the United States. Without it, cars wouldn’t start and lights wouldn’t turn on. At 2.6 million…