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Regulator sees further uptick in North Dakota oil production
North Dakota’s top oil regulator says the state’s crude production grew in March and should keep rising throughout the summer, following a lackluster start to the years. The state’s daily oil output increased 2% to 1.108 million barrels per day in March, according to figures released Friday. State Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms attributed the uptick to oil companies bringing more wells online that had already been drilled but not yet fracked, a necessary step before a well starts producing oil. Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, involves injecting water, sand and chemicals down a well at a ... (full story)