Oil

It’s Official: Oil Production in North Dakota Hits All-Time High

By Paul Hegg on April 16, 2013

Despite weather challenges, the production of crude oil in North Dakota averaged an all-time high of 770,000 barrels a day in December 2012, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration. “Total annual production more than doubled between 2010 and 2012 through the use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing of deposits in the Bakken Formation in more »

Energy Independence Would Be a Welcome Change

By Paul Hegg on April 5, 2013

National news organizations have been reporting lately about the likelihood of the United States becoming energy independent, a possibility that would shake up the world to Americans’ benefit. There’s even speculation that the United States could begin exporting oil. New or renewed oil production in several states, notably in North Dakota, is contributing to a more »