Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. A good friend of mine works in the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota. I thought it might be interesting to interview him to give ...

Study: the Three Forks reservoir may hold some 250 million barrels of untapped crude. Study: developing these reserves would require the drilling of 600 more wells in the Three Forks play.

Drillers have finally been given a chance to capitalize, and the Bakken has been on rebound for a while now, with the rig count closing in on 60, versus the most recent low point of 24 in May 2016.

The state Legislature has long worked to attract developers to the idea of building a natural gas pipeline from the Bakken, traveling to North Dakota's central and eastern counties. Both oil and ...

The Bakken Museum Located in a mansion on Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, this quirky, small science museum was founded in 1975 by Earl Bakken, the inventor of the first wearable battery-operated ...

You don’t need to be Thomas Edison or Nikola Tesla to attend the Bakken Museum’s Discovery Days Innovation Fair. Kids are invited to come with their friends and families to learn about ...

A group of people in the Electricity Party Room exhibit at the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis on Oct. 6, 2022. A staple in Minnesota’s science innovation and education has hit a major milestone.

An intimate snapshot of the people involved in North Dakotas historic Bakken oil boom telling a story of rural industrialization and distress that exposes the intricacies of a conflict between the ...

This week, the North Dakota Petroleum Council’s annual conference welcomed hundreds of local and national industry stakeholders to discuss the future of the country’s third-largest oil ...

WATFORD CITY, N.D. (KFYR) - A Watford City-based ministry is accepting gently used winter gear donations to help address the needs of many this winter. The Bakken Oil Rush Ministry’s thrift ...