Hess Corp., an oil company in northwestern North Dakota, is expanding, according to an article published in Minot Daily News today.

While the number of new jobs isn’t specified, the three-phase expansion will include new office buildings in Tioga and Minot.  Company headquarters will be moved from Williston to Minot during the final phase in order to help attract young engineers and their families to the Minot area.  The engineers would work in the Bakken formation.

From the article:

According to the company’s Web site, Hess is active in three areas of the United States including the Williston Basin. The other two spots include the Permian Basin in west Texas and on deepwater rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

“In North Dakota, we are the leading oil and natural gas producer,” states the company’s Web site. “Following many years of maintaining production levels at several large company-operated units, including Beaver Lodge and Tioga Madison, our North Dakota asset is growing again with the development of our Bakken drilling program. Adjacent to the Williston Basin in western North Dakota, the Bakken Shale represents a new growth opportunity for Hess.”