One person was severely burned in an explosion and fire at an oil field in western North Dakota, fire officials said. The explosion was reported about 10:30 p.m. Friday at a saltwater disposal ...

Workforce shortages in the oil fields of North Dakota are attracting Ukrainian refugees who’ve fled their homeland due to Russia’s war. A humanitarian program known as Uniting for Ukraine has ...

Ukrainians work North Dakota oil fields to help families facing war back home Business. Aug 7, 2023. JACK DURA editorial@newsandsentinel.com.

The development of the Bakken oil shale fields in the western part of the state fueled the state’s meteoric rise in the early part of the 2010s. But North Dakota’s economy was dinged by the ...

North Dakota’s Bakken shale field — once the largest and busiest American shale patch — is showing signs of age, threatening to hold back US oil production as the world thirsts for more crude.

Some of the Ukrainian workers have brought family members to North Dakota. In the Dickinson area, workers and their families total about 50 Ukrainians, including roughly 10 young children, said ...

North Dakota’s history of sunflower farming dates back to the 19th century, when the Homestead Act of 1862 motivated Ukrainian immigrants to settle in the region.

WILLISTON, N.D. — One person was severely burned in an explosion and fire at an oil field in western North Dakota, fire officials said. The explosion was reported about 10:30 p.m. Friday at a ...