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February 6, 2012

Oil boom's pros and cons coming to S.D.

  • Among the pending difficulties: increased traffic, housing shortages and skyrocketing rents.
    • By VERONICA ZARAGOVIA
    Associated Press

    BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. — North Dakota's oil boom brings with it tremendous wealth and enormous problems — and both are coming to South Dakota, industry experts say.

    South Dakota has oil wells in counties such as Butte and Harding. The state isn't poised to compete with North Dakota — which is expected to soon become the second-biggest oil-producing state behind Texas — but experts say that crude-carrying areas should prepare to see some of the same prosperity and problems.


     
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