Wall Street JournalCrude-Oil Production Drops Again in North DakotaWall Street JournalNorth Dakota crude-oil production fell for the fourth month in a row, dropping about 1% in March and hitting its lowest level in nearly two years. The steady drop in outp …

Minot wants to hire an engineering firm for levee workBismarck TribuneMINOT, N.D. (AP) — Minot officials want to hire an engineering firm to help bring the city's flood levees up to federal standards. The Minot Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1Ta9j8x …

Financial TimesWall Street reboots as oil price reboundsFinancial TimesThe gains by US shares — which contributed to a global equity measure, the FTSE All-World index, also this week hitting a fresh 2016 peak — has coincided with a declining greenback, whi …

USA TODAYWhy oil won't crash following Doha failureUSA TODAYThe Doha meeting turned out to be a complete wash, but still, the rumour and expectation leading up to the meeting produced a massive rebound in oil prices. And while logic says that the marke …

CNBCBig oil states face pain of price crashCNBCFor states that are top energy producers, the crash in oil prices has brought a major economic hangover, a loss of tax revenues and big budget shortfalls. That's a swift reversal from the historic windfall …

Boom or Bust, Courts Remain Busy in North Dakota Oil PatchABC NewsThe Bakken oil boom was in full throttle when a North Dakota couple leased rights to water on their property so it could be used in hydraulic fracturing, the process of extracting sweet crud …

FuelFix (blog)Oil Storage Continues to Weigh on RallyOilPrice.comIn the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we'll take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week in the energy sector. Each week we'll dig into some data and p …

NPRHow Low Oil Prices Are Changing Career Plans At An Ohio CollegeNPRIn the past, nearly every one of the program's graduates has scored a good job in the surging energy field. But not this year. As the price of oil has plummeted, companies are cutting …

CNBCNorth Dakota wakes up to hangover as oil swoonsCNBCThe U.S. shale revolution restored America's outsize role in global crude production, but the story of the oil upheaval is playing out differently from state to state. There is perhaps no place whe …

Whiting to Suspend Its North Dakota Oil Well CompletionsABC NewsNorth Dakota's largest oil producer says it will cut all spending by 80 percent in the state and suspend its well-completion operations in April due to depressed crude prices. Denver-based …