Part 1: North Dakota took on the oversight of a multibillion dollar oil industry with a regulatory system built on trust, warnings and second chances

(Source: New York Times, November 22, 2014)

WILLISTON, N.D. — In early August 2013, Arlene Skurupey of Blacksburg, Va., got an animated call from the normally taciturn farmer who rents her family land in Billings County, N.D. There had been an accident at the Skurupey 1-9H oil well. “Oh, my gosh, the gold is blowing,” she said he told her. “Bakken gold.”

Full story: New York Times