An introspective look at how the Bakken oil boom is affecting the towns surrounding it. Because of new advanced technology, a second oil boom has hit Western North Dakota and Eastern Montana. This ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The booming Bakken oil patch that's given a major boost to U.S. energy production has emerged as a new front in the fight against drug trafficking. Organized crime rings ...

The Bakken boom is just getting started Incredibly, we may still be in the early innings of the Bakken expansion. According to a research note from Goldman Sachs , total Bakken and Three Forks ...

MISSOULA — Kalispell native Mike White’s construction business is booming. That’s because White, the president of Nelcon Inc., took the majority of his operation to the Bakken oil fields ...

To visualize the economic impact to Billings of the Bakken oil boom, you can watch the oil field trucks rumble by or you can track subtler clues. Private jets lined up on the tarmac. Rolex watches ...

And so North Dakota became the Bakken boom ground, with a rig count that climbed from 25 in 2005 to 213 in mid-2012. Meanwhile Montana was largely forgotten, even though the heart of the formation ...

People with moderate incomes aren't sharing the joy of the Bakken boom:. Along with them, listing prices for the few available homes in the region have gone up too, rising by nearly 27% in the ...

“When this boom hit, our town of 150 people went to 450 people in a very short time,” Bainville Mayor Dennis Portra said. “Our school population was only 76 kids and now it’s in the 165 range.

North Dakota and Minnesota must act wisely to avoid the “resource curse.” ...

In her film “Nuuca,” Michelle Latimer explores the traits of the Bakken oil boom through the eyes of a young woman who grew up on the reservation.

The Bakken Oil Boom Will End Like Every Other 'Gold Rush' By The Oil Drum. 2011-12-12T16:51:00Z Share. Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link. Save Saved Read in app . [This ...

The summer of 2013 in Williston was characterized by the Bakken oil boom, lending to a drastic uptick in the town’s population — and mysterious crimes, including the disappearance of Jose "Joe ...