Bakken oil patch weathers bitterly cold temperatures. ... Helms said the Oil and Gas Division is looking to finish reclamation work on another 119 well sites that have already been plugged.

Two of North Dakota's largest oil producers say they expect another ten years of drilling. After that, different recovery methods will be needed to keep production steady.

Bakken oil, though, commonly comes to the surface with a not-necessarily-welcome companion, natural gas that is both harder to transport from remote well pads and less profitable to sell.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway announced Tuesday that it has increased capacity to ship 1 million barrels a day of shale oil from the Bakken fields in Montana and North Dakota.

During Prudhoe Bay tour, Trump officials tout oil pipeline and potential ... Energy Secretary Chris Wright and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin touted the work underway to develop oil and gas in Alaska.

Three Trump Cabinet members began a tour at a key point of operations at a prolific oil field near the Arctic Ocean in Alaska on Monday, part of a multiday trip aimed at highlighting President Dona… ...

Trump administration officials are touring Alaska oil fields at the Artic National Wildlife Refuge to advance plans for expanding oil and gas drilling, following a recent executive order. Haley on ...

BILLINGS, Mont. | A Texas company has bought oil and gas leases on almost 75,000 acres in northeast Montana's McCone County in a move that could portend a significant westward ...

JORDAN — Talk of a "mini Bakken" beneath this windswept plain has the 350 people of Jordan talking big. "My daughter thinks we're going to be the next Williston," said Janet Sherer. "I hope not ...

The massive U.S. tax and budget bill being finalized by Congress cannot pass a provision that automatically enables offshore ...

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has ruled against provisions in the GOP megabill to enact President Trump’s agenda that would dramatically accelerate the approval of offshore oil and ...

Norway's Vaar Energi said on Monday that its Balder X oil and project had come on stream after its startup had been delayed several times.