Baker Hughes Inc. never stopped counting oil rigs in North Dakota, but in 1998 the company removed the state from its list of those with major drilling activity. The list is widely disseminated by the media.
Baker Hughes at the time cited a lack of drilling in North Dakota. The company does not have figures for [...]

An oil tax increase this summer is unlikely to slow drilling in western North Dakota’s promising Bakken oil shale, which is leading the state toward an oil production record, industry officials say.
Prices that have soared above $120 a barrel will make the tax increase easier to tolerate, said Jeff Herman, of [...]