Last year, when low oil prices cut North Dakota's Bakken drilling in half, things in Montana really didn’t look much different. It turned out the Treasure State really didn’t have much wealth beneath ...

Oil output from the Bakken, the second-largest US shale field, is showing signs of a slowdown as flows on a key pipeline out of the region decline. The Dakota Access Pipeline — running from the Bakken ...

The number of rigs actively drilling for oil and gas jumped by nine from last week even with U.S. crude oil prices sitting well below $50 a barrel. The Bakken shale in North Dakota led the way with an ...

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 ...

Hess Midstream LP has revised its financial and operational guidance for 2025, 2026 and 2027. This update is based on an anticipated reduction in Bakken rig activity by Chevron, which will decrease ...

Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. on Monday announced a significant expansion to its southeast Saskatchewan land base highly prospective for Bakken light oil, ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — A single successful oil well tapped below the Bakken shale formation in western North Dakota has spurred speculation that a separate — and perhaps rich — oil-producing reservoir may ...

The father of a Kalispell, Mont., man killed while working in the Bakken oil field filed a lawsuit against two out-of-state oil companies this week, alleging that inappropriate and negligent use of ...

There’s one more small sign hinting at the recovery of the oil industry, says Lynn Helms, the state’s director of mineral resources. Workover rigs. Helms said the workover rigs, which maintain ...

More than 200 oil rigs are snouting around for oil across western North Dakota at a cost of $7 million well. Montana has nine rigs with more coming. Bakken production produces $1.2 billion per year ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday.