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Unit 7: Set 1. Oil Development - Images

This successful oil well near Marmarth operated in 1937.
Though a few wells operated before the opening of the
Williston Basin at Tioga, they did not have the long
range success of the later wells.�Today the oil fields
near Marmarth are busy again. SHSND #2003-P-10-0003b

This drill rig brought in the
Clarence Iverson Number
1 oil well in April 1951.
SHSND #0284-179

This rig was among
many that began the
search for oil after
the success of the
Clarence Iverson #1.
SHSND #A3768

The oil wells spawned other industries � and jobs -
such as oil and gas refineries like this one at Tioga.
SHSND #0382-05

Oil statistics / charts

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