Oil

ALEXANDER, N.D. (AP) — State officials are investigating the cause of an explosion and fire at a saltwater disposal site in western North Dakota's McKenzie County.

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — A Dickinson man has died in an incident in the western North Dakota oil patch.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Scientists are questioning the methodology used in estimating the amount of crude oil that recently leaked from a ruptured pipeline into a northwestern North Dakota wheat field.

KILLDEER, N.D. (AP) — Officials in Dunn County want to make sure that new workers in the oil patch are prepared for a North Dakota winter.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota oil drillers are continuing to produce oil at a record pace and are closing in on a million barrels of oil a day.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The booming Bakken oil patch that's given a major boost to U.S. energy production has emerged as a new front in the fight against drug trafficking.

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's top oil regulator says the state's daily oil production will double to 1.6 million barrels by 2017.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — An executive for a Norway-based oil company operating in the North Dakota oil patch says the industry needs to do a better job of telling its story.

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — The Williston City Commission has approved a resolution that imposes sweeping controls on crew camps within the city limits.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Officials are working to crack down on worker injuries and deaths in the western North Dakota oil patch.