The Bakken: Possibly the Largest Construction Project in the United States -- North Dakota Petroleum Council -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

On May 4, 2011, I wrote this: I think I think events in North Dakota are bigger than most people comprehend.

Today, I received the June issue of Talkin' the Bakken in the mail. This might be just the best publication on the Bakken out there. Click here regarding the launch of this glossy.

In this issue the editors quote the North Dakota Petroleum Council:

The Bakken is possibly the largest construction project in the United States right now and likely the second largest in North America, behind the Alberta oil sands. There is no question that the next three to five years will be a busy time across the west as Bakken development continues and infrastructure is expanded.

In fact, it would be interesting if anyone can find a construction project going on right now in the United States requiring a 2,500-bed man-camp to keep it going. And that's just one of many man-camps going up in the Bakken industrial park.

For those looking for work in the North Dakota oil patch, here are the advertisers in Talkin' the Bakken. These are just a few of those working in the largest industrial park project in the United States.

Hess
BEXP
XTO Energy
Whiting
Continental Resources
G3 Operating

Diamond B Oilfield Trucking
S&S Sales: Trucking; frack sand hauling; water hauling; 400 bbl rental tank; 500 bbl frac tanks
BNSF Logistics
Jamesway Limited

Halliburton
Sanjel: fracking, cementing, nitrogen
Frontier Wellhead: wellheads, frac rentals, slickline/wireline
Journey Energy Services: completions
WISCO
I.E.S.S.: Industrial Equipment
Grizzly Wire Rope and Chain
Missouri Basin Well Service
Basic Energy Services
Tartan Controls: completions
Wanzek Construction: project execution; compressor stations, crude oil pump stations, loading and unloading terminal, gas storage
B&G Production Service: Roustabouts, tank battery construction, contract pumping
Headwater Lining: pit liners, containment
BTL: liners
Petroleum Services: hot shot, trucking, drill bits
EcoAFS Alternative Fuel Systems: natural gas engines
MDU
McCody Concrete
Well Hawk: security, monitoring
Alltite: total bolting solutions
Border Steel: structural steel and pipe
Badlands Steel
Sullivan Palatek: portable compressors
Parker: hydraulic hoses and fittings
Do-All Metal Fabricating
Ornamental Iron Works: fabrication portable welding
DW Metal Works: custom fabrication for most oil field equipment

LBI Renewable: spill clean-up

NCS: Neset Consulting Service -- drilling production and geology
PLS: geological well site consulting
AE2S: civil engineering, surveying, mapping, GIS, site design, structural and electrical engineering
Badlands Integrity Group: human resources safety and training

KLP: lightning protection

Interstate Power Systems: heavy equipment repair for the oil patch

Pierce Leasing: RV Supercenter, Homes, Portable Offices, Leasing
Stone Creek Homes: "complete home in a one bedroom studio"; delivered to site within 90 days
Heartland Homes and Heartland Village: Dickinson, North Dakota
RDJ Builders: Signature home series; homesites available in Williston
Iseman Homes
Coates RV
University Commons: 60 acres of multi-density development
AgriComm: commercial office and warehouse construction
Furniture and Interior Finishing Group: branches opening soon in Glendive and Williston
Concrete Coatings

Miller Insulation: Commercial, residential
ICS: general contractor
Rhoton Construction Group

Motorola: Communications services, systems

Missouri Flats Inn

M&M Cafe, Sidney, Montana

North Dakota Guaranty and Title Company
Pifer's Auction and Realty
Fredricksen Real Estate, Williston
PCS, LLC: Business Brokers, M&A, Financing, Consulting
Empire Oil Company: leasing, titles, landmen
Irish Oil and Gas
Oil Royalty Buyer

Murphy Motors (Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, GMC Truck
Kupper Chevrolet (Mandan, North Dakota)

Badland Truck Sales (Glendive, Montana)

Shane Cymbaluk Trucking
DC&B Hotshot and Trucking
Golden Eagle Trucking

Dan's Tire Service: tire replacement

C&D Water Services: water softener

Today's Tarp and Shoe Repair

Pumps Plus: degreaser cleaner (rigs, trucks, tools)

Western Cooperative Credit Union
American State Bank

Williston Basin/Mid-North America Stock Fund (ICPAX)

Veale Insurance Agency, Grand Junction, Colorado

Mercy Medical Center

Horizon Resources
DAWA Solutions Group

Ritter Brothers Diamond Cutters