As a journalist digging into the long-term potential for shale oil—how much oil ... out into new areas. Also, North Dakota allows drillers to put new wells on “confidential” status ...

More than 11,000 oil wells have been drilled in North Dakota since 2006, covering the state’s agricultural landscape. In all, almost 40,000 miles of well bores have been drilled underground to ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The North Dakota Oil and Gas Division is investigating an active oil well fire on Monday, about 3 miles north of Grenora, North Dakota. Koda Resources Operating ...

The U.S. Geological Survey is significantly increasing its assessment of oil and gas reserves in the Williston basin of North Dakota. In the past five years, more than 4,000 new wells in the ...

Nearly half of North Dakota oil wells now qualify for a tax exemption as low-producing wells, contributing to a reduction in tax revenue projections for the upcoming budget cycle. But even if ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- About 35,000 wells have yet to be drilled in western North Dakota's oil patch and companies increasingly are making inroads with speedier but more costly technology ...