

Because of new advanced technology, a second oil boom has hit Western North Dakota and Eastern Montana. This Bakken formation has impacted more than just the oil industries. Towns around the Bakken oil formation are taking a hit due to the sudden growth in population. This program features those struggling with these new changes and those capitalizing on the oil boom.
In eastern Montana and western North Dakota, drivers tack minutes onto their commute. RV’s and man camps dot the sides of the roads that connect one town to another. New residents of these once small-towns battle for a place to call home. Some locals are able to capitalize off the one thing that brings all these different people togther. Oil. Businesses are hiring and towns are bursting at the seams. This is the Boom, Behind the Bakken.
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