Bloomberg | America's Oil Drilling Boom Is Sputtering Back to Life Bloomberg The oil boom isn't dead after all. For the first time in five months, a rig in the Williston Basin, where North Dakota's Bakken shale formation lies, sputtered back to life and started drilling for crude once again. And then one returned to the Permian ... Oil rig count falls to lowest since late 2010 US Oil Rigs Fall to 668 in Latest Week UPDATE 2-Permian basin sees first rig increase since oil rout -Baker Hughes |