In April, the North Dakota job sector that mostly includes oil and gas workers stood at 16,400, up 10 percent over the same month in 2016. ... OPEC production cuts like the ones announced in November tend to boost oil prices, which encourage the U.S. shale oil industry to produce more. Indeed, U.S. read more
North Dakota oil field work pays better than warmer states like Texas because people are generally pussies about the cold. There are also way more oil jobs in ND than ones that need a CDL. Being a trucker is only small part of oil feild operations. read more
Watford City sits in the epicenter of the oil patch in western North Dakota, and as of the new year, new workers are still coming, businesses are still hiring and the school district is still enrolling new students. read more