Month: June 2015

Oil remained king in North Dakota as the largest economic sector and the engine that powered the state's impressive growth last year despite a drop in petroleum prices. The mining sector, dominated by oil and gas extraction, contributed $9 billion toward the state's...

Successful bidders, including Houston-based Schlumberger, in a 2007 auction of Bakken Shale oil and gas rights conducted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and related to tribal land, recently won in an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth...

FARGO - A state prosecutor has filed a motion to dismiss the case against Aaron Knodel, the 2014 North Dakota Teacher of the Year accused of having sex with a student.The case was headed toward a second trial later this month after Knodel's first trial in April ended...

While operators in other plays have been jogging toward the sweet spots over the past 6 months, Bakken operators have been on a mad dash from fringe to core. This makes sense as Bakken production economics can be more challenging than the Texas oil plays due in part...