WILLISTON, North Dakota - What was once the sleepy town of Williston on the western edge of North Dakota is now wide awake, serving as the epicenter of an oil boom that is changing the landscape ...

North Dakota Petroleum Council’s outgoing president ... in the state’s oil and gas activity since a 1950s conventional oil boom. During Wednesday’s discussion, Muncrief acknowledged that ...

North Dakota has seen an increase in demand for prostitution as more and more people flock to the state's burgeoning oil region. Most of these oil workers arrested for solicitation are unaware ...

WTI oil has an American Petroleum Institute gravity of 39.6 degrees, considered “light.” WTI also has a sulfur content of ...

Table 3 shows how the fossil fuel industry's output shares contracted after the oil industry peak in 1981 and later expanded with the shale boom, especially in North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.

Though over half of 50 states produce at least some crude oil, there are six in particular that are responsible for the bulk of U.S. production.

As the oil boom continues, concern is mounting for the park and its ... to a wilderness yielding exquisite silence will mourn the loss of both in western North Dakota. As threats to the region’s ...

District 23 covers north and west Williston and the Trenton and Buford areas. Rep. Scott Dyk resigned over family issues in ...

Thus in the shale boom there is the risk of stunting ... Dan Kalil, charman of the Williams County Board of Commissioners in North Dakota, in "The New Oil Landscape" (NGM March 2013 issue) ...

Such accidents are disturbingly common. A fracking boom in North Dakota, for example, has led to thousands of accidental releases of oil, waste water and other fluids, according to a ProPublica ...

This fall’s election is the third attempt of its kind in North Dakota to legalize adult use, possession and distribution of ...