According to this Minot Daily News article, an oil summit held in Williston Tuesday was full of positive vibes…except where getting more funding to maintain roads was concerned.
However, that issue will most likely be addressed in the upcoming legislative session.  Meanwhile, North Dakota leaders seem to have strong faith that our oil industry will continue [...]

Bismarck Tribune reporter Brian Duggan recently wrote a column about North Dakota’s economy, saying that it wasn’t what he expected it to be. 
While touting the state’s relatively healthy economy, which many people attribute to oil development on the Bakken formation, Duggan worked in the forecasts showing a slightly higher chance than 50/50 that the recession will hit [...]

According to this Minot Daily News article, the Turtle Mountains near Bottineau, North Dakota could be another oil hotspot.  If so, oil activity could eventually move east of the Bakken oil formation, which has seen heavy drilling in the past year.