A lightning strike Monday afternoon caused an explosion, fire and spill at an oilfield site in McKenzie County in western North Dakota. McKenzie County Emergency Manager Jerry Samuelson said the ...

By Mitch Smith McKenzie County in western North Dakota grew at the fastest rate of any American county over the past decade, Census Bureau data showed, as the Bakken oil boom attracted thousands ...

2012 to acquire approximately 4,500 net operated acres in McKenzie County, North Dakota, which the Company expects to close early in the fourth quarter of 2012. The Company has agreed to pay ...

Officials from one western North Dakota county where land ... referring to the geological formation that has made McKenzie County one of the largest oil and gas producing areas in the country.

Emerald acquired 4,453 net acres in McKenzie County, North Dakota for $3,200 per acre. The purchase included operating permits for 4 wells and a recently constructed well pad and tank battery at ...