• North Dakota celebrates 1 million barrels a day in oil!
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[quote][t]http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2014/06/25/19/16/908-9nLww.Em.55.jpeg[/t] TIOGA, N.D. -- North Dakota's resurgent oil industry on Wednesday held a celebration marking the state's impressive 1 million barrels a day production level in the town where oil was first found in the state. World War II-era fighter planes swooped low above a grassy field in an airshow and guests chowed down on plates piled with barbequed pork, shrimp and baked beans and waited in line to collect commemorative medallions. The state, the second-biggest oil producer in the U.S., passed 1 million barrels a day of production in April, but the announcement wasn't made until June 17. The event was largely a pat on the back from the industry to itself. For years since technology advances unlocked the oil of North Dakota's Bakken formation, the question has been when the state would hit the mark, not if. But that is not how it has always been. Oil exploration began in North Dakota in the early 1900s. Decades later, drillers had nothing to show for their efforts. A Williston Herald story from April 5, 1951 noted that before the Amerada Petroleum Company began drilling its Clarence Iverson No. 1 well in a wheat field south of Tioga, 20 wells had been dug in the state. All were failures. "This time they hit it," read the article about the April 4 strike.[/quote] [URL="http://www.sacbee.com/2014/06/25/6512379/north-dakota-celebrates-1m-barrels.html"]Sacramento Bee[/URL] Read more here: [URL]http://www.sacbee.com/2014/06/25/6512379/north-dakota-celebrates-1m-barrels.html#storylink=cpy[/URL]
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