Oil, oil, oil and gas, gas, gas.  The saving grace for the Dakotas in this recession has been the Bakken oil fields and I say drill baby drill!  What a great way to smash the erroneous theory of peak oil and provide jobs to our neighbors.  Not to mention decrease our reliance on the predator [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]