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Oil boom family is cramped but together
Laura Candler Dec 5, 2012
A year after her husband moved to North Dakota's oil fields from their home in Missouri, Shannon Atwell picked up her four boys and joined him.
The oil boom: Born to be a roughneck
Todd Melby Dec 5, 2012
Richard Karpe had his first roughneck job at age 11, on a rig run by his stepfather. He talks about the roughneck life and its hazards.
BP banned from doing business with U.S. government
Stephen Beard Nov 28, 2012
The ban means BP will not be able to receive government contracts, loans or grants -- at least for a while.
The oil boom: Making a living off the workers
Todd Melby Dec 5, 2012
In any mining boom, some people are there to work in it, others are there to supply them. Need a knife in Williston, N.D.? Talk to Bobcat John.
'Fight Night' in an oil-boom town
Todd Melby Dec 5, 2012
North Dakota's oil boom has drawn thousands of workers to the state, overwhelming small towns. Rents are sky high. Workers live in barracks called mancamps. And there's not much to do besides work. One promoter brought martial arts fighting to town -- the Williston Basin Blowout.
Could BP be on the takeover block?
Scott Tong Nov 19, 2012
The company has started buying its stock to boost its share price and rumors are buzzing the stock purchase is a defensive move to stave off a buyout from a competing firm.
Could apartments become the next no-smoking zone?
Sarah Gardner Nov 15, 2012
If the folks behind the Great American Smokeout have their way, the latest frontier in the “no smoking” crusade could be apartment buildings.
U.S. to pass Saudi Arabia as top oil producer
Scott Tong Dec 10, 2012
A boom fueled by hydraulic fracturing of shale should add millions of jobs in the U.S. The question: How long will it last?
U.S. to become world's top oil producer
Jeff Horwich Nov 12, 2012
The International Energy Agency is forecasting that the U.S. will become the biggest oil producer in the world within the next decade.
America's energy boom revives Ohio's steel industry
Scott Tong Dec 10, 2012
Every fracking well requires miles of pipe. The result is new investment in Ohio steel mills -- which also benefit from cheap natural gas for fuel.
