Williston, ND Oil Boomtown | AARP
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Details seen inside of an Ensign Drilling Rig located outside of Williston, North Dakota,
Williston is currently experiencing an influx of people relocating there for the town’s third oil boom. -
Details seen inside of an Ensign Drilling Rig located outside of Williston, North Dakota,
Williston is currently experiencing an influx of people relocating there for the town’s third oil boom. -
Oil pumps sit in fields outside of Williston, North Dakota
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Kent Stafford, 56, of Rochester, Minnesota, works a 12.5 hour night shift 7 days on and 7 days off on an Ensign Drilling Rig
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Kent Stafford, 56, of Rochester, Minnesota, works a 12.5 hour night shift 7 days on and 7 days off on an Ensign Drilling Rig
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Oil rigger Kent Stafford’s hands
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Kent Stafford, 56, of Rochester, Minnesota, relaxes in a trailer as colleague Heath Sprague eats a microwaveable meal directly after a 12.5 hour night shift on an Ensign Drilling Rig outside of Williston, North Dakota.
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A spilled cup feels like a metaphor outside of the Walmart in Williston, North Dakota, a town transformed by the fracking boom.
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Inside of the often full Lonnie’s Roadhouse, a diner alongside Highway 2 in Williston, North Dakota.
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Sloan Olson, 3, plays outside her family’s apartment in January in oil boomtown Williston, North Dakota. Her grandmother Peggy Adrin said the town has “really changed a lot” since she first moved there 30 years ago. “When we first moved here, there was nothing,” she said.
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A parking lot filled with RVs parked outside of the Walmart in Williston, North Dakota. With housing shortages and hotels booked up by oil companies, people living in mobile homes and mancamps is very common.
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A “Now Hiring” sign outside of the Walmart in Williston, North Dakota. Residents complain that prices at their Walmart are much higher than elsewhere due to an influx of people moving there and not having a lot of shopping options.
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A rural road en route to Williston, North Dakota from Montana.
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Randie Shipp (left to right), 13, Trevor White, 14, Ashley Thorton, 13, Ben Putman, 14, Robbie Reynolds, 14, and Michael Abbott, 14, gather to talk at the Williston Skatepark in Williston, North Dakota.
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A peek inside the bar of the Airport International Inn in Williston, North Dakota
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A church in rural North Dakota
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A dead wolf in Williston, North Dakota
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Customers in Lonnie’s Roadhouse
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A dirt road off Highway 85 in Williston, North Dakota. Williston is currently experiencing an influx of people relocating there for the town’s third oil boom.
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One of several mancamps off Highway 85 in Williston, North Dakota, January 2012. Williston is currently experiencing an influx of people relocating there for the town’s third oil boom. Hotels are often booked for months by oil companies for employees, more are being built, but there just is not enough housing for all the people moving there.
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An oil pump glows in a field outside of Williston, North Dakota.
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Inside of the lobby of the Airport International Inn in Williston, North Dakota. Hotels, which are being built all over town, are often completely booked by oil companies for employees due to housing shortages in the boomtown.
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A long line of customers waiting for tables inside of Don Pedro’s Mexican Restaurant in Williston, North Dakota. The small town’s infrastructure and the oil boom population increase means limited housing and food and longer lines for residents.
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An aerial scene from the area outside of Williston.
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The empty pool inside of the Airport International Inn in Williston, North Dakota.
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An Ensign drilling rig’s manager’s trailer just steps away from the rig located outside of Williston, North Dakota.
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An Ensign drilling rig locker room.
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Tim Madsen, manager of an Ensign Drilling Rig, works on the rig outside of Williston, North Dakota.
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Tools line a wall of a drilling rig
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Inside an oil rig in boomtown Williston, North Dakota
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Kent Stafford, 56, of Rochester, Minnesota, works a 12.5 hour night shift 7 days on and 7 days off on an Ensign Drilling Rig
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The sun sets over a frozen pond outside of Williston, North Dakota
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Inside an oil rig in boomtown Williston, North Dakota
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Inside an oil rig in boomtown Williston, North Dakota
Details seen inside of an Ensign Drilling Rig located outside of Williston, North Dakota,
Williston is currently experiencing an influx of people relocating there for the town’s third oil boom.Details seen inside of an Ensign Drilling Rig located outside of Williston, North Dakota,
Williston is currently experiencing an influx of people relocating there for the town’s third oil boom.Oil pumps sit in fields outside of Williston, North Dakota
Kent Stafford, 56, of Rochester, Minnesota, works a 12.5 hour night shift 7 days on and 7 days off on an Ensign Drilling Rig
Kent Stafford, 56, of Rochester, Minnesota, works a 12.5 hour night shift 7 days on and 7 days off on an Ensign Drilling Rig
Oil rigger Kent Stafford’s hands
Kent Stafford, 56, of Rochester, Minnesota, relaxes in a trailer as colleague Heath Sprague eats a microwaveable meal directly after a 12.5 hour night shift on an Ensign Drilling Rig outside of Williston, North Dakota.
A spilled cup feels like a metaphor outside of the Walmart in Williston, North Dakota, a town transformed by the fracking boom.
Inside of the often full Lonnie’s Roadhouse, a diner alongside Highway 2 in Williston, North Dakota.
Sloan Olson, 3, plays outside her family’s apartment in January in oil boomtown Williston, North Dakota. Her grandmother Peggy Adrin said the town has “really changed a lot” since she first moved there 30 years ago. “When we first moved here, there was nothing,” she said.
A parking lot filled with RVs parked outside of the Walmart in Williston, North Dakota. With housing shortages and hotels booked up by oil companies, people living in mobile homes and mancamps is very common.
A “Now Hiring” sign outside of the Walmart in Williston, North Dakota. Residents complain that prices at their Walmart are much higher than elsewhere due to an influx of people moving there and not having a lot of shopping options.
A rural road en route to Williston, North Dakota from Montana.
Randie Shipp (left to right), 13, Trevor White, 14, Ashley Thorton, 13, Ben Putman, 14, Robbie Reynolds, 14, and Michael Abbott, 14, gather to talk at the Williston Skatepark in Williston, North Dakota.
A peek inside the bar of the Airport International Inn in Williston, North Dakota
A church in rural North Dakota
A dead wolf in Williston, North Dakota
Customers in Lonnie’s Roadhouse
A dirt road off Highway 85 in Williston, North Dakota. Williston is currently experiencing an influx of people relocating there for the town’s third oil boom.
One of several mancamps off Highway 85 in Williston, North Dakota, January 2012. Williston is currently experiencing an influx of people relocating there for the town’s third oil boom. Hotels are often booked for months by oil companies for employees, more are being built, but there just is not enough housing for all the people moving there.
An oil pump glows in a field outside of Williston, North Dakota.
Inside of the lobby of the Airport International Inn in Williston, North Dakota. Hotels, which are being built all over town, are often completely booked by oil companies for employees due to housing shortages in the boomtown.
A long line of customers waiting for tables inside of Don Pedro’s Mexican Restaurant in Williston, North Dakota. The small town’s infrastructure and the oil boom population increase means limited housing and food and longer lines for residents.
An aerial scene from the area outside of Williston.
The empty pool inside of the Airport International Inn in Williston, North Dakota.
An Ensign drilling rig’s manager’s trailer just steps away from the rig located outside of Williston, North Dakota.
An Ensign drilling rig locker room.
Tim Madsen, manager of an Ensign Drilling Rig, works on the rig outside of Williston, North Dakota.
Tools line a wall of a drilling rig
Inside an oil rig in boomtown Williston, North Dakota
Kent Stafford, 56, of Rochester, Minnesota, works a 12.5 hour night shift 7 days on and 7 days off on an Ensign Drilling Rig
The sun sets over a frozen pond outside of Williston, North Dakota
Inside an oil rig in boomtown Williston, North Dakota
Inside an oil rig in boomtown Williston, North Dakota