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Oil Prices Fall Below $90 a Barrel

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Oil prices fell below $90 a barrel on Monday for the first time since February because of the economic slowdown, even though production in the Gulf of Mexico has not fully recovered from hurricane destruction three weeks ago. The price decline of recent weeks, from a record high for crude oil ...

East Lynn mining proposal questioned

Monday, September 1st, 2008 A proposal to conduct underground mining operations near East Lynn Lake in Wayne County is garnering concerns from residents, elected officials, geologists and the federal agency that manages the property. But another federal agency that has the final say has given preliminary approval to the project, based on a draft report ...

Counties say they are penalized for hosting oil development

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 North Dakota’s oil producing counties shouldn’t be penalized for helping plump up the state treasury, county officials and a few lawmakers said Wednesday in appealing to the Legislature for assistance. With at least one county in the state on track to eventually host one oil well every square mile, county officials ...