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92Where to Find Bakken Oil Boom Jobs -- 50,000% Increase in North Dakota Jobs 2010-2012
Oil was discovered in the Bakken Oil Field in 1951, but an American Oil Boom and its increasing jobs hit here at New Town and a 50-plus-mile radius after 2009. New Town, North Dakota projects 500 new oil wells by 2015 and the Unemployment Rate is in 2011 already about half of the national average. More workers and more housing are both needed for several years.
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90The environmental impacts of offshore oil drilling
If there had been any doubt before, the recent catastrophe on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico has really driven home the message that drilling for oil is a messy and risky business. Consequently, decisions are now being made that affect the future of offshore oil drilling. But how risky is it really? Should we stop offshore drilling?
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90Oil Well Drilling: Explained
Drilling for oil is a difficult, time-consuming, and expensive process. In the years to come this process will not get any easier because most of the oil drilling is now done in deep waters. In the long run the price of oil will continue to increase because the dwindling supply of oil in the ground.
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88Finding A Job In North Dakota : The Bakken Oil Drilling Boom
When Sarah Palin chants, "Drill, baby, drill!", she's thinking about energy independence...and jobs. Jobs, jobs, and more jobs. Everything but Steve Jobs. Although if you're a guy named Steve who needs a job, an oil drilling boom area is a mighty...
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88$3.25 Billion for Jobs - Top 10 Growing Oil and Gas Jobs and Companies in Eastern Ohio
New jobs for 2012 in Oil and Natural Gas and the industries needed to support them are opening along highways I-77 and I-70 in Ohio. the high demand jobs are expected to be hot and growing through the next few decades. The companies doing the hiring and the types of jobs available are offered here. Billions of dollars are coming into Ohio for the creation of new jobs and energy resources.
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86So You Want to Start a Trucking Company to Haul Water in the North Dakota Oilpatch
This morning, a gentleman who's considering starting up his own trucking company to haul water in the North Dakota oil drilling boom asked a number of very logical questions. The answers added up to a complete Hub...and here it is, beginning with...
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85The window is a lonely place, A short story
Becky stood at the window looking at all the oil wells surrounding her vast estate. She was the last descendant of the Reynold's oil family. Her Father's wealth started with just one oil well on a piece of land he purchased the day he married her...
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85Diversity and High Demand In Top 20 Jobs in Oklahoma
The Top 20 Fastest-Growing Oklahoma Jobs include occupations in the Healthcare Industry and Information Technology (IT).
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85Horizontal Drilling, How Directional Drillers Drill Oil Wells Sideways
A brief summary of how horizontal drilling is done and oil wells are drilled sideways using directional drilling.
83I bet you didn't know: Strange Oklahoma Places
Oklahoma was the 46th state to join the Union, nearly 120 years after the first thirteen states ratified the Constitution. Even though Oklahoma was one of the last states to become part of the U.S., that doesn't mean that it doesn't deserve it's...
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