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Stanley, ND

Jun 13, 2008

Dakota oil fields of Saudi-sized reserves make farmers drillers

Roughnecks from Nabors Drilling USA work near Stanley, N.D. Bakken crude is locked 2 miles underground in a layer of dolomite, a dense mineral that doesn't surrender oil the way more-porous limestone does.

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