Montana’s oil production held steady last year, but North Dakota pumped 60 percent more crude than in 2011. And the sprint continues. North Dakota is now the country’s No. 2 oil-producing state and ...

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. U.S. shale ...

EASTERN MONTANA — Like wagon trains of yesteryear, the traffic tells the tale of the Bakken oil boom. Semitrailers haul sand, liquid nitrogen, pipe, tanks and modular homes across Montana to the oil ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Oil drillers targeting the rich Bakken shale formation in western North Dakota and eastern Montana have produced 1 billion barrels of crude, data from the two states show.

A plan that is said to double oil production and the life of coal-fired power plants throughout the state is moving forward.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No rail terminals have been shut down in the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota as a result of inspections, an official at the U.S. agency that oversees transportation of ...

Several climate groups opposed Tuesday’s auction, while the oil and gas industry has pushed to expand areas for drilling. The Bureau of Land Management netted roughly $24 million from an oil and gas ...