1,000 More Man-Camp Units -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

People unfamiliar with "the Bakken" have no idea how critical the manpower shortage is.  Actually, people "unfamiliar with the Bakken" have no idea what the Bakken is, but I digress.

The lack of manpower comes partly from lack of places to house them. This is despite any number of man-camps already in place in the region as well as several new long-term motels in Williston.

The Williams County planning commission has approved four more large man-camps which would bring total number of new beds to over 1,000.

The proposal has to be approved by the Williams County Commission.

Black Gold Oilfield Services

• 374-bed facility; 94 units
• Off Highway 2, next to the ATCO Lodge Williston
• Dorm style rooms; not individual units
• Company is based in Fairbanks, Alaska

Target Logistics

• Two requests
• Expand company's current 248-bed facility for an additional 152 beds; total - 400 beds
• Six miles north of Williston
• Also a new facility, located next to the current facility
• Infrastructure is already in; would allow for 1,000-person capacity

Mary and Shane Moran; private individuals

• Mobile home park; "fixed" to ground, so taxed
• 151 units
• West side of Trenton, off Highway 1804