16 Jan 2013 An oil town desperate for WOMEN: How economic boom has left females in rural North Dakota heavily outnumbered by single men. By Meghan 1 Nov 2013 Towns in North Dakota's oil-rich Bakken region are exploding with people looking to make money off of the energy boom-- 31 Mar 2014 The 1951 well that launched North Dakota's first oil boom was drilled by Amerada Petroleum, now Hess Petroleum, which today operates a gas 4 Dec 2013 When a small town in a remote part of North Dakota was hit by an oil boom, it ballooned to five times its size. One local rancher is trying to 23 Feb 2012 They come to Williston, North Dakota to work, in search of a new start to of that opportunity in this once buttoned-up town where the oil boom 19 Oct 2013 North Dakota went from being the ninth biggest oil-producing state in 2006 $34.4 billion North Dakota has reaped in revenue from the boom has given Some small towns have been inundated with new residents; Watford
18 May 2016 WILLISTON, N.D. – Dave Van Assche didn't fret too much when oil into North Dakota to strike it rich during an unprecedented oil boom.
14 Mar 2016 Making an oil boom is about more than just figuring out how to get the Inside the Temporary Homes of North Dakota Oil Workers “One thing that North Dakota is definitely not interested in is a bunch of ghost towns and 13 Oct 2014 This summer, driven partially by North Dakota's boom, the United States surpassed Saudi Arabia in total oil and gas production, making the Also, he said, U.S. oil production could increase by 50 percent over the next five years. The boom in North Dakota has become the norm with long-term jobs that 12 Mar 2014 The oil boom has been a blessing and a curse to the North Dakota city of Williston - crime is surging, women are afraid to walk the streets alone 5 Nov 2013 Williston, North Dakota is in the center of a major oil boom and has was living in the small town of Smith Center, Kansas, and taking care of 3 May 2014 Oil boom jars small-town North Dakota. Farming and ranching used to be everything in Watford City, but not anymore. May 3, 2014 5 8 Jul 2014 The explosive growth from the oil boom of North Dakota has spread to small Montana border towns like Bainville. The Lure of Oil Salaries. "If you
3 Mar 2017 State seeking diversification with a history of boom and bust periods like the Bakken oil boom.
12 Nov 2019 Learn how the oil boom in North Dakota has transformed two small towns from sleepy agricultural outposts to booming centers of industry
8 Jul 2014 The explosive growth from the oil boom of North Dakota has spread to small Montana border towns like Bainville. The Lure of Oil Salaries. "If you
Between 2011 and 2016, oil drilling in rural North Dakota reached its peak, setting off a modern-day gold rush in the quiet, tight-knit farm town of Trenton, North Williston, North Dakota was a sleepy farm town for generations―until the frackers The Bakken Goes Boom: Oil and the Changing Geographies of Western… 19 Feb 2014 But the oil boom has also brought a housing crisis. Rental prices are so high in Williston because there aren't enough places to live, and the 7 Jun 2012 North Dakota's Oil Boom Brings Damage Along With Prosperity Local grocery stores can barely keep shelves stocked and the town movie
24 Nov 2017 The oil boom town of Williston, N.D., has hit a rough patch since When the oil boom came to Williston, the western North Dakota city tried to
How The Boom-Bust Oil Cycle Is Playing Out In North Dakota The shale oil boom attracted thousands of oil workers to North Dakota, sending the population of some small towns soaring. In response CNBC's Brian Sullivan sits down with two local Williston, North Dakota, businessmen — Marcus Jundt (right) and Tom Powers (left) — to discuss the boom and bust of the Bakken oil fields. The fracking boom in North Dakota is transforming the prairie and disrupting the lives of the people who live there. Photos by Terry Evans. Text by Elizabeth Farnsworth. For two years photographer Terry Evans and I have been exploring a modern-day oil boom on the North Dakota prairie. We’ve North Dakota’s northwest region, which has seen Native Americans, Lewis and Clark and settlers come and go, is home to the state’s latest oil boom. Within a year, oil prices were down more than 70 percent, and North Dakota's oil rush stalled. The daily take at Van Assche's business has sunk from a peak of $2,500 to at best $600 now.