24/7 Wall St. | Are North Dakota Oil Rig Counts Signaling a Trough Is Near … or Here? 24/7 Wall St. Is it possible that the never-ending rig count decline is ending in North Dakota? There could be good news headed the way of companies like Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: WLL), Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) and XTO under Exxon Mobil Corp. U.S. oil rig count finally goes up |