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North Dakota oil industry shows signs of a rebound

Published: Jun 07 2017
Photo courtesy StarTribune
For much of last year, Jeep Punteney was a casualty of the global oil price crash that halted North Dakota’s petroleum boom.

His career was on hold for seven months, while he picked up sporadic work in construction.

"I put my résumé out and got into the same line as everyone else,” said Punteney, 42, who went to college for chemical engineering and has spent most of the past two decades working the oil patch.

Now he’s back in the fields.

Read more at http://www.startribune.com/north-dakota-oil-industry-shows-signs-of-a-rebound/426170091/.

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