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Sparsely populated but energy rich, North Dakota is primed to enhance its global reputation as a leading producer of oil and natural gas from the robust production continuing in the Bakken Shale, according to Gov. Doug Burgum.

Sparsely populated but energy rich, North Dakota is primed to enhance its global reputation as a leading producer of oil and natural gas from the robust production continuing in the Bakken Shale, according to Gov. Doug Burgum.

Sparsely populated but energy rich, North Dakota is primed to enhance its global reputation as a leading producer of oil and natural gas from the robust production continuing in the Bakken Shale, according to Gov. Doug Burgum.

The Republican-controlled North Dakota Legislative Assembly has passed legislation giving more oil and natural gas tax revenue to the three Native American tribes on the Fort Berthold Reservation, which accounts for about one-fifth of the state’s oil production from the Bakken Shale.

Fallout from the Dakota Access oil pipeline battle and “reinventing” state government are high on the priority list of new North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.