Pictures: Bakken Shale Oil Boom Transforms North Dakota

Friday, November 30, 2012 - 20:00 in Earth & Climate

In the booming North Dakota’s Bakken Shale region, producers aren’t waiting for pipelines. In a reprise of the industry’s pioneering days, they’re loading oil on railroads.

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