• A worker monitors water tanks at a fracking site near Williston. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    A worker monitors water tanks at a fracking site near Williston. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • A depot used to store pipes for Transcanada’s planned Keystone XL oil pipeline in Gascoyne. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    A depot used to store pipes for Transcanada’s planned Keystone XL oil pipeline in Gascoyne. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • Above, the planned site of a new US$57 million high school to be built in Williston, thanks to North Dakota's booming oil industry. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    Above, the planned site of a new US$57 million high school to be built in Williston, thanks to North Dakota's booming oil industry. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • Halliburton SandCastle PS-2500 trailers, which store sand for fracking, stand at a well site near Williston. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    Halliburton SandCastle PS-2500 trailers, which store sand for fracking, stand at a well site near Williston. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • Workers connect hoses between a pipeline and water tanks at a fracking site near Williston. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    Workers connect hoses between a pipeline and water tanks at a fracking site near Williston. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • Equipment at a pipeline construction site near Williston. Many drillers have funded 2015's drilling plans by selling oil on the futures market. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    Equipment at a pipeline construction site near Williston. Many drillers have funded 2015's drilling plans by selling oil on the futures market. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • A contractor at the site of a Menards hardware store under construction as part of a new 1,000 acre retail, office and medical development in Williston, North Dakota. Places like Williston are thriving with increased economic activity, well-paying jobs and rising tax revenue. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    A contractor at the site of a Menards hardware store under construction as part of a new 1,000 acre retail, office and medical development in Williston, North Dakota. Places like Williston are thriving with increased economic activity, well-paying jobs and rising tax revenue. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • Construction on a Menards hardware store continues despite temperatures in the single digits in Williston. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    Construction on a Menards hardware store continues despite temperatures in the single digits in Williston. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • Terry Metzler, head of operations in North Dakota for Granite Peak Development, buys coffee at the Meg-A-Latte coffee shop in Williston. Boomtowns like Williston are still going strong despite the fall in oil prices. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    Terry Metzler, head of operations in North Dakota for Granite Peak Development, buys coffee at the Meg-A-Latte coffee shop in Williston. Boomtowns like Williston are still going strong despite the fall in oil prices. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • Michael Anderson considers purchasing a dirt bike for his son at MonDak Motor Sports in Williston. Boomtowns like Williston are still going strong despite the fall in oil prices. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    Michael Anderson considers purchasing a dirt bike for his son at MonDak Motor Sports in Williston. Boomtowns like Williston are still going strong despite the fall in oil prices. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • A frack crew coordinator inspects a US$4,000 limited run AR-10 semiautomatic rifle he purchased in Williston, North Dakota. With North Dakota's growth has come more crime and increased concerns on safety and security. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    A frack crew coordinator inspects a US$4,000 limited run AR-10 semiautomatic rifle he purchased in Williston, North Dakota. With North Dakota's growth has come more crime and increased concerns on safety and security. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • A dealer shows to a potential buyer a model of a Ford truck in Williston. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    A dealer shows to a potential buyer a model of a Ford truck in Williston. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • A sign written in dirt at the back of a pickup truck sums up the oil boom happening in North Dakota. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    A sign written in dirt at the back of a pickup truck sums up the oil boom happening in North Dakota. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
  • Sous chef Joe Ouldhouse grills vegetables at Eleven Restaurant and Lounge, which serves $45 bison steaks in Williston. Andrew Cullen / Reuters
    Sous chef Joe Ouldhouse grills vegetables at Eleven Restaurant and Lounge, which serves $45 bison steaks in Williston. Andrew Cullen / Reuters

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Falling prices have yet to dampen North Dakota’s oil boom — in pictures

Liz Claus

November 25, 2014

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Falling prices have yet to spoil North Dakota’s booming oil industry. Production in North Dakota, the second-largest oil producing state in the United States, jumped 21 per cent to 86,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, mostly drilled from the Bakken shale formation.

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