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Changes in North Dakota Drilling Activity, 2011 to 2016

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Arne

As you may know, the oil service company Baker Hughes every week publishes a rig count summarizing the number of oil and gas drilling rigs operating in various regions of the U.S. Given that we’re in the deeper stages of … Continue reading →

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North Dakota’s Oil Bust in the 1980s

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Arne

For Christmas 1989, Jeff Meyer of the Associated Press wrote a summary of the state’s economy in the 1980s: Drought and low prices in the energy and farm sectors made the 1980s a decade of despair for some North Dakotans. … Continue reading →

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