North Dakota's oil output rose a bit in April, but the state is in danger of losing its status as the nation's second largest oil producer to New Mexico. In 2012, after the shale oil boom, North ...

FARGO - The Bakken Formation's oil bonanza was triggered eons ago in a story involving a cast of millions, earthly upheavals, heat and pressure - lots and lots of pressure. Just $2 for 6 months ...

North Dakota’s oil production is about 90% back online following back-to-back April blizzards that downed power lines and caused massive disruptions across the Bakken region.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A federal estimate of recoverable oil in North Dakota and the surrounding area needs to factor in more geologic formations and rapidly advancing technology, state and energy ...

Fueled by the prolific Bakken shale basin in the state’s northwest corner, North Dakota has ranked second only to Texas in oil production since roughly 2012.

Does the Bakken contain more oil than Saudi Arabia? Many of the answers to these... A North Dakota oil primer - Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, East Grand Forks news, weather & sports ...

U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Heidi Heitkamp, bipartisan leaders from North Dakota, said the oil boom in their state just got louder with the passage of the Bureau of Land Management Streamlining Act ...

North Dakota's top oil industry regulator predicted Tuesday that state production could climb by 100,000 barrels a day by year's end, largely a result of companies completing already drilled wells ...

Basin Electric Cooperative plans to build another natural gas-fired power generation facility in North Dakota, ... Much of that consumption is related to North Dakota’s oil boom and energy industry.

The oil industry no longer sees North Dakota as a growth market. That was the word Monday from the state's mineral resources director, Lynn Helms, recalling a recent round of visits with oil ...

An oil boom in North Dakota has brought a flood of workers, infrastructure investment and tax revenues. But as production soared, it became increasingly difficult to move oil out of the region as ...