Bismarck TribuneNorth Dakota OKs New Oil Tax Framework, Ends Price TriggersABC NewsWith oil prices sinking enough that drillers may soon see a more favorable tax rate, North Dakota lawmakers approved a new framework Friday that cuts the price-triggered exe …

News On 6Oil Company Withdraws Lake Hefner Drilling ProposalNews On 6An oil company announced Friday that it has withdrawn its proposal to drill for oil at Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City. According to officials with the City of Oklahoma City, due to widespre …

Fox NewsLawmakers promise to help strapped oil-patch townsFox NewsJuly 26, 2011: A worker walks by an oil derrick outside of Williston, N.D. Relief could be on the horizon for strapped public services in the Northern Plains' booming oil patch, as elect …