North Dakota is booming with oil

North Dakota is booming with oil.  Many in the industry predict America will soon overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia in producing oil!

“In an America where 18m are out of work, the chance of finding any job – let alone a well-paid job – exerts an irresistible force that is drawing thousands to North Dakota in a 21st century re-enactment of the Gold Rush”

“To do that, however, the oil fields need more workers than the thinly populated state of North Dakota can possibly supply. Scores of people arrive every day looking for a new start, a second chance in lives wrecked by personal troubles and the recession”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/14/north-dakota-oil-boom-rich