Infographic: Tough Times In The Bakken — Oil Worker Deaths, By The Numbers

The 200-square-mile Bakken formation is one of our greatest oilfields, but has a high rate of worker deaths.

Meagan Parrish, Editor
Oct 9, 2015
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