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The Bakken is Hot & at Times Even on Fire

I think most of us realize that oil exploration and drilling is an extremely hazardous profession.  But, the risks don’t end there.  This video was taken by an oil field worker on his day off near the Montana / North Dakota border (near Fairview) at @ 11:00 am on Sunday, February 12, 2012. Although you can’t [...]

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Call Guinness – North Dakota Does It Again !

Well, it may not be as interesting or as weird as the world’s shortest stuntman, the widest mouth, the most Big Mac’s consumed, the most times hit by a car in two minutes, or the loudest burp – male; but North Dakota’s oil driller have out performed their previous year’s record once again.  According to [...]

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2010 Oil Production in the Williston Basin

Oil production topped 400,000 barrels per day in the Fall of 2010 for the entire Williston Basin which includes North Dakota, Eastern Montana and South Dakota. Production has remained in the 400,000 to 425,000 barrel per day range since then because of all the moisture we have received in this area which has slowed production. [...]