Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Oil Boom Transforming Rural North Dakota by Kane Farabaugh A relatively new drilling technology that allows oil to be extracted from the earth through a process called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," has brought a flood of development to rural towns situated on the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and Montana. As VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports, the development brings risks and rewards. __________________________________________________________________ [1]http://www.voanews.com/media/video/1926534.html References 1. http://www.voanews.com/media/video/1926534.html