Where to Find Bakken Oil Boom Jobs -- 50,000% Increase in North Dakota Jobs 2010-2012

So much oil is contained in Northwest North Dakota, that Kiplinger Magazine calls the state an Economic Powerhouse for the Future. In fact, 26,000 new oil wells are in blueprint stages for the next quarter century to 2037.

New Town is a small town in northwestern North Dakota near Williston and the Williston Basin oil deposit, about 380 miles west of the state's fastest growing place, the City of Fargo.

Despite it's small size up to to 2010, the job listings in and around New Town jumped an incredible 746% from June 2008 to January 1, 2010. The local Native American reservation already had some oil wells, but a 2009 Oil Boom struck on the Fort Berthold Reservation that includes the New Town area.

On September 25, 2009, the US Federal Register showed the final report in Volume 74, Number 185 titled

Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara (MHA) Nation's Proposed Clean Fuels Refinery, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, Ward County, ND

The Three Affiliated Tribes or MHA Nation of Native Americans asked to

• Be permitted to use 469 acres of their own reservation to build, own, and operate a petroleum refinery covering about 190 acres;
• Use the remaining acreage to grow vegetation for buffalo (bison) foraging;
• Use incoming oil of 10,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) from the existing pipeline from Alberta, Canada and to produce from it 5,750 BPSD diesel fuel, 6,770 BPSD gasoline, and 300 BPSD propane; and
• Use an incoming 3,000 BPSD local field butane, 6 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas by the Alberta Pipeline, and either a) 300 barrels bio-diesel or b) 8,500 bushels soybeans per day.

From February 2009 to February 2010, the local Native American Reservation added 29 oil wells to its existing 10 for a total of 39 oil wells, with many more to come in 2012.

According to the US Federal Department of the Interior, the Fort Berthold Reservation is built on the Bakken Shale Oil Formation and oil fields with a supply of 4,300,000,000 (4 billion) barrels of oil. Hundreds of new oil wells may be needed before 2020. Approximately 40 were constructed in 2011.

February 2012 -- In addition to the Canadian pipeline active in North Dakota, the Durango CO company called Saddle Butte Pipeline LLC proposes a 16-inch pipeline from Alexander ND in McKenzine County to Clearbrook, Minn. AN estimated 150,000 barrels of crude oil daily would go to Minnesota.

So much oil resides on the reservation, that drillers are proceeding sideways under the man-made lake. The reservation extends across parts of 6 counties and sits over Bakken Shale Formation amid its estimated 4,300,000,000 (4.3 billion) barrels of oil.

The recent find was the largest oil deposit the US Geological Survey ever examined. This is good for the gas and oil business and related commercial enterprises plus trucking, along with accommodations, retail, groceries, and the dining industry that must serve the incoming workers. Over 500 oil wells could be operating by 2015. Some of the technician jobs available currently and in the future for companies such as Marathon Oil do not require a college degree or certification, but some experience is a plus. Job candidates are not required to be Native American or reservation residents.

Tribal elders foresee a possible need for financial advisors for workers in the future.

The Native Americans in western North Dakota number over 11,000 and especailly among the Three Affiliated Nations of the MHA - Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples - at least 1,000 new homes are needed. The MHA are the nation or tribe that helped Lewis and Clark on their explorations and trail blazing westward.

The Fort Berthold Development Corporation is owned by the MHA to develop future economic grwioth, including their planned refinery and residential building. The tribe owns many other businesses as well, including a small business loan division, a ranch and lodge, an IT component factory, and a technical business services firm.

Tourism is a major portion of the economy in addition to gas and oil energy production. Tribal Government HQ sits on the west of the Missouri River at Four Bears Bridge, a large tourist attraction. Here, the MHA operate the Three Tribes Casino and Resort, and the Little Shell Celebration Arbor and Campgrounds.

They also own and operate the Three Tribes Museum, the Minne-Tohe Health Center, the Tribal Day Care Center, the Tribal Radio Station KMHA 91.3, a newspaper, Four Bears Marina, and the MHA Cultural Interpretative Center.

1. Engineers - Wireline, Field, Construction, Production, Civil, other
2. Registered Nurses (RNs)
3. Engineering Technicians
4. Pharmacy Managers
5. Field Service Technicians
6. FIELD SPEC II - LWD
7. FIELD SPEC II - Drivers
8. Field Service Reps
9. Assistant Managers
10. Equipment Operator III - Fraq
11. Drivers - Non-CDL
12. Opticians - Noncertified
13. District Managers
14. Lab Technician I
15. Service Representative
16. Business Office Assistants
17. Parts Department Jobs
18. Yard Workers
19. Frac Operators
20. Frac Field Supervisors

1. Trinity Hospitals, Nursing Home, and Trinity-Minot Clinics
2. Beck-Field & Associates, Inc.
3. Baker Hughes
4. Calfrac Well Services
5. Hess
6. Comp Health
7. Hess Corporation
8. AT & T
9. Weatherford Int'l
10. Weather Ford

Additional Hiring Companies

1. US Army National Guard
2. Sanford Health
3. EOG Resources - Oil well operation and similar business.
4. LocumTenens
5. Marathon Oil
6. Key Energy
7. North Dakota State University

• Fort Berthold Community College
• Career Options programs

New Town is on the Fort Berthold Reservation at the crossing of Lake Sakakawea and the renowned tourist attraction, the Four Bears Bridge. The reservation covers one million acres of land and has been the home to local Native American Nation members for over 100 years as of 2010. A full 10% of the reservation was appropriated and flooded by the US Federal Government in order to create Lake Sakakawea and some tribal members have stated that the oil boom is their recompense.

Founded in 1951 with 1 building in a field, New Town in 2010 is home to 1,500 people, but an additional 1,000 homes are needed around the area. An increase in oil production locally and with additional input for processing from the Alberta Pipeline are expected to drive up this already high demand. Tourism, Cattle Ranching, and Healthcare are also large contributors to the local economy. The Reservation Oil Boom has drawn not only increased tourist traffic and business seekers, but also reservation residents that had left during the recession of 2008 - 2009 to look for work elsewhere.

The New Town community offers a public swimming pool and children's playground and outdoor activities all year. for example, a winter fishing tournament is held annually, open to the public. A resort hotel, an RV park and a lodge are located four miles west of New Town and a motel is just east of town. Local campgrounds include Lewis and Clark Reunion Bay, Four Bears Marina camping, Pouch Point Bay, and Van Hook Arm (of the lake), among others.

Fishing, boating, swimming, water skiiing, snowmobiling, hiking, horse trails, and family activities are featured at many of the campgrounds mentioned above, while New Town even features a 9-hole golf course just west of the city limits.

For special events, The Sakawea Car and Motorcycle Show is held yearly in the summer, with a parade, a dinner pig roast, a dance, and family events all day. In addition to the car and motorcycle extravaganza, the Little Shell Pow Wow is an enjoyable summer event each August.

In autumn, a variety of hunting is featured in the New Town area, hunting includes antelope and deer, pheasant, ducks, geese, and others. December includes a number of annual street fairs, business events, and a Christmas parade of lights.