Overview of the Energy Picture in North Dakota

The Bismarck Tribune is publishing a several-part series on the "Changing Landscape of North Dakota." This coincides with the biggest petroleum expo north of Houston, TX, which is scheduled for this week (first week in May) in Bismarck.

Often these links are broken after a few weeks, or the story is archived and available only through paid/free subscription, so if the story interests you, you may want to cut and paste what you want for future reference.

One of the best sources of information on the Bakken is the Rocky Mountain Oil Journal, available in some  libraries in the Rocky Mountain region, including my hometown library in Williston, ND, and available on-line by paid subscription. Here is the Journal's 2009 recap. This is also linked at the sidebar on the right.

Another nice story of the history in the Grand Forks Herald, May 1, 2010: the story of UND, Julie LeFever, and the Bakken and the TFS.

An interview with Julie Lefever just months before the Bakken boom in 2007 began. The date "March 7" is given but not the date. Was the article written but not published by the Grand Forks Herald? Regardless, this is an important article for at least two reasons: a) provides a nice overview of what "we" knew about the Bakken just before the boom; and, b) the skepticism (if that's the right word) of perhaps the most knowledgeable person regarding the Bakken just before the boom.