The Bemidji Pioneer says North Dakota was filling nearly as many barrels as the country of Ecuador was last month, and it may have already surpassed it. And experts say production will continue to ramp up -- fast.
BMTN Newsletters Deliver The Biggest MN Stories
The crash happened just before 5 p.m. Monday.
The 16-screen cinema had its last day on Thursday.
Thielen had made it a habit to dominant Minnesota's border rival.
The Monday event included an awkward viral moment, and some serious climate talk.
He was changing air filters on rooftop AC units.
Polanco had four hits and four RBI, including a clutch home run.
What will Vikings do Thursday?
A 31-year-old man was arrested later in Plymouth.
A total of 12 GoFundMe campaigns generated $1M+ in 2017-18.
The state is on track to overtake California and Alaska in oil production. It would trail only Texas. The state now pumps out about 444,000 barrels a day.
Records from the state's Department of Natural Resources show North Dakota produced 18.3 million barrels of crude in April -- up from 17.9 million barrels in March. Minnesota's western neighbor has surpassed Alaska to take the No. 2 slot among the states. Natural gas production also set a record in April.
Minnesota's western neighbor set another record in March to become the second-leading state in crude oil production. Texas is now the only state to produce more crude oil than North Dakota.
The controversial hydraulic fracturing process, which extracts oil from shale, has boosted our neighbor's oil output to more than a half-million barrels a day. The oil rush has also helped drive down unemployment, with oil companies claiming there are more jobs than people.
Contractors for some jobs are hard to find and more expensive in Minnesota. That's because they can find more work to the west, where the booming oil industry is fueling fast-paced growth.
