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Shale boom turns North Dakota into No. 3 oil producer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - North Dakota has overtaken California as the third-largest U.S. oil-producing state, as the controversial fracking technology boosted shale oil output and cut the Midwestern state's unemployment rate to the lowest in the country. The shale oil boom could be a recurring theme during the U.S. presidential campaign this year with both parties debating how to create and sustain ...
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 11:04am.North Dakota Shale-Oil Boom Rushes Past Riverbank Dwellers
North Dakota landowners say the state’s claim to oil deposits beneath riverbanks and lake shores is robbing them of millions of dollars in rent and royalties from a drilling boom that has quadrupled crude production in the past five years.
Bloomberg - Mar 16 05:04am.

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