Fracking USA

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$Wheat fields and oil pumps in the land Tioga, ND near Williston<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Welcome to Williston ND Boomtown USA. Indeed. This sign on the airport road welcomes new arrivals.<br /> Blaine works CarTunz which specialises in high-end car/truck audio systems and alarms. They have more work than they can comfortably handle, but are not complaining as they are busy.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Hess Gas Plant in Tioga, North Dakota, just east of Williston.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Statoil, the Norwegian state oil giant runs this drilling rig some 5 miles south east of Williston. Statoil, Norway’s biggest oil company, bought Brigham Exploration Co. for about $4.4 billion in cash, expanding in unconventional U.S. assets because of declining North Sea production.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Statoil, the Norwegian state oil giant runs this drilling rig some 5 miles south east of Williston. Statoil, Norway’s biggest oil company, bought Brigham Exploration Co. for about $4.4 billion in cash, expanding in unconventional U.S. assets because of declining North Sea production.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Statoil, the Norwegian state oil giant runs this drilling rig some 5 miles south east of Williston. Statoil, Norway’s biggest oil company, bought Brigham Exploration Co. for about $4.4 billion in cash, expanding in unconventional U.S. assets because of declining North Sea production.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Mike Cannon, the drilling superintendent on this Statoil, run drilling rig some 5 miles south east of Williston. Statoil, Norway’s biggest oil company, bought Brigham Exploration Co. for about $4.4 billion in cash, expanding in unconventional U.S. assets because of declining North Sea production.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Executive jet takes off from Williston's airport.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Oil site flaring outside Williston North Dakota. As the oil is pumped out, gas is released and until this is either piped or trucked away, the gas is allowed to flare off. This wastage is one factor that the local population and regulatory bodies want to curb. <br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Fracking truck drives down a rural road with the Statoil drilling rig in the background.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Halliburton crew fracking a Statoil-owned oil well a few miles east of Williston ND.<br /> Halliburton is one of the bigger players in the oil boom.<br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Halliburton crew fracking a Statoil-owned oil well a few miles east of Williston ND.<br /> Halliburton is one of the bigger players in the oil boom.<br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Halliburton crew fracking a Statoil-owned oil well a few miles east of Williston ND.<br /> Halliburton is one of the bigger players in the oil boom.<br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Halliburton crew fracking a Statoil-owned oil well a few miles east of Williston ND.<br /> Halliburton is one of the bigger players in the oil boom.<br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Target Logistics workers lodge, more commonly known as a "mancamp" just west of Tioga. The camps are constructed from prefabricated containers, and offer small clean functional rooms and good cafeteria food.<br /> <br /> This camp is the largest in the US and has a population of 1,053 and a 330m long corridor. They have a staff of 70 and consume between 40-60,000 lbs of food a week.<br /> <br /> Most workers here are employed by an oil services company and spend two weeks onsite, working15 hour days. they then get a week off to see their family. The pay makes it worthwhile as it is oftern double what they could get otherwise employed in the their professions.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Nick from Minnesota works 15days on with 6 days off on a Sanjel fracking crew this is his room.<br /> <br /> ATCO workers lodge, more commonly known as a "mancamp" just north of Williston. The camps are constructed from prefabricated containers, and offer small clean functional rooms and good cafeteria food.<br /> <br /> Most workers here are employed by an oil services company and spend two weeks onsite, working15 hour days. they then get a week off to see their family. The pay makes it worthwhile as it is often double what they could get otherwise employed in the their professions.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Target Logistics workers lodge dining hall. More commonly known as a "mancamp", this lodge is just west of Tioga. The camps are constructed from prefabricated containers, and offer small clean functional rooms and good cafeteria food. This camp is the largest in the US and has a population of 1,053 and a 330m long corridor. They have a staff of 70 and consume between 40-60,000 lbs of food a week.<br /> <br /> Most workers here are employed by an oil services company and spend two weeks onsite, working15 hour days. they then get a week off to see their family. The pay makes it worthwhile as it is oftern double what they could get otherwise employed in the their professions.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Eric, 35 works on a Sanjel Fracking crew. He has an MBA and used to run a small company in Bismarck ND but the fracking job pays better. He can earnUS$130k annually compared to 70k back home where his wife and five kids live. <br /> <br /> ATCO workers lodge, more commonly known as a "mancamp" just north of Williston. The camps are constructed from prefabricated containers, and offer small clean functional rooms and good cafeteria food.<br /> <br /> Most workers here are employed by an oil services company and spend two weeks onsite, working15 hour days. they then get a week off to see their family. The pay makes it worthwhile as it is often double what they could get otherwise employed in the their professions.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$ATCO workers lodge, more commonly known as a "mancamp" just north of Williston. The camps are constructed from prefabricated containers, and offer small clean functional rooms and good cafeteria food.<br /> <br /> Most workers here are employed by an oil services company and spend two weeks onsite, working15 hour days. they then get a week off to see their family. The pay makes it worthwhile as it is often double what they could get otherwise employed in the their professions.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Kerry, 32 from Mississippi is a chef at the ATCO camp. He used to work on cruise ships.<br /> <br /> ATCO workers lodge, more commonly known as a "mancamp" just north of Williston. The camps are constructed from prefabricated containers, and offer small clean functional rooms and good cafeteria food.<br /> <br /> Most workers here are employed by an oil services company and spend two weeks onsite, working15 hour days. they then get a week off to see their family. The pay makes it worthwhile as it is oftern double what they could get otherwise employed in the their professions.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Buffalo Wild Wings a new sportsbar/restaurant catering to the oil industry-fuelled boom in the workforce and population in WIlliston<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Maeve Mc Steves, 54 arrived in Williston in 2007 from Olympia, Washington with 6 kids, and now has 3 BBQ restaurants, including Bunnies, in the Williston area<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Laying new turf by Halliburton inhabited housing. New construction of residential housing which is dramatically expanding the size of Williston as the city grows westwards into the Prairie.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Misti Cottam, a schoolteacher and her husband Jason, a truck driver, have three kids Wyatt, 7, Dakota, 8, and Rowdy, 6. The fracking boom has changed the quality of their lives as more and more traffic drives through their previously quiet neighbourhood.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Misti Cottam, a schoolteacher and her husband Jason, a truck driver, have three kids Wyatt, 7, Dakota, 8, and Rowdy, 6. The fracking boom has changed the quality of their lives as more and more traffic drives through their previously quiet neighbourhood. Here they are with neighbourhood friends.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Model house on the highway due west of Williston. <br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$New roads being built near Williston and Tioga<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$New construction of residential housing which is dramatically expanding the size of Williston as the city grows westwards into the Prairie.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$New residential housing which is dramatically expanding the size of Williston as the city grows westwards into the Prairie.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Outerwear for oil and construction workers on sale in a WIlliston store.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Children playing on an oil pump see-saw at the Williston Community Builders Playground.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Thirsty oil trucks being filled with gas.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Sign warning off oil traffic. Fracking trucks and new development west of Williston.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Realtor Mitzi Bestall moved from Orlando FL in 2011. She sees two bedroom, one bathroom apartments rent for $3,000-3,300. High demand has sent property prices through the roof.<br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Kelly, a former Marine helps renovate the Roosevelt Hotel in Williston. The hotel gained some local notoriety as it used to be a home for the aged, which was then redeveloped into a much more lucrative hotel, forcing the aged population to go elsewhere.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$New toys for the oil boys. This Canadian oil worker pulls his Honda bike up next to his boat and ATV (all terrain vehicle). His family car, is a Hummer2. <br /> <br /> His family has moved down from Canada to live with him in this house. Houses this size go for around $5,000 per month.<br /> <br /> New construction of residential housing which is dramatically expanding the size of Williston as the city grows westwards into the prarie.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Tattoo parlour in Williston.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Thirsty oil industry trucks lined up at a gas station.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Water truck and oil pump.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Lacey, 35 has just arrived at Williston train station and is borrowing a phone to call his father back home in Florida. Lacey is looking for work. He has finished doing time for a drugs offense.<br /> <br /> Pastor Larry Duffy drives around in his Ministry station wagon giving food and advice to the homeless of Williston. While many have landed on their feet, a number have not and Pastor Duffy is one of the few people attempting to cater for their needs.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Fracking truck drives past the grain elevators by the railway lines of downtown Williston.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Overlooking the hills east of Williston a 'nodding donkey' oil pump works away.<br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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$Oil site flaring outside Williston North Dakota. As the oil is pumped out, gas is released and until this is either piped or trucked away, the gas is allowed to flare off. This wastage is one factor that the local population and regulatory bodies want to curb. <br /> <br /> North Dakota oil boom. Based around the town of Williston, hydraulic fracturing, also known as 'fracking' has enabled a vast reserve of previously unobtainable oil to be accessed.$

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