Photo-Journalism of the Bakken

A reader just forwarded me this link of photos, story of the Bakken boom. As you scroll down, it may take a moment for some photos to load; there are a lot of photos here. But even with all these photos, it shows only a percent of all that is going on. It is an incredible story.

But these are incredible photos. A huge "thank you" to the correspondent.

For newbies, remember: 200 wells/month are being drilled and tracked; each at a cost of $10 million --> $2 billion just in drilling wells in five or six counties in the western part of one state. Then, throw in

• the natural gas gathering and processing industry
• the hotel/restaurant industry
• retail clothing: specialty; winter; 
• the transportation industry: new highways and highway maintenance
• the trucking industry: selling, buying, licensing, insuring, maintaining, refueling
• the railroad industry: new tanks, maintenance, loading, unloading
• the pipeline industry: water, natural gas, oil
• the public utilities: water, sewer, electricity
• the construction business (new motels, hotels, homes, hospital additions, clinics, offices, retail)

It's an incredible story.