North Dakota

Crude oil drilling rigs stand in the distance of a single family home under construction in Williston, North Dakota, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker

A crude oil drill rig stands in the background of a single family home under construction in Williston, North Dakota, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker

A crude oil drill rig stands in the background of a single family home under construction in Williston, North Dakota, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker

Construction equipment works on the grounds of the Capital Lodge crew lodging facility in Tioga, North Dakota, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The facility, which currently has 90 of the planned 180 housing building constructed, will offer renters a 24-hour kitchen, indoor exercise and pool facilities, and a movie theater amongst its included amenities upon its anticipated completion in the second-quarter of 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker

Construction equipment works on the grounds of the Capital Lodge crew lodging facility in Tioga, North Dakota, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The facility, which currently has 90 of the planned 180 housing building constructed, will offer renters a 24-hour kitchen, indoor exercise and pool facilities, and a movie theater amongst its included amenities upon its anticipated completion in the second-quarter of 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker

Crude oil drill rigs stand on the horizon outside Watford City, North Dakota, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker

A crude oil drill rig stands on a well site outside Watford City, North Dakota, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker

Stakes mark the location of future wells as the Unit Drilling crude oil rig 123 drills on a nearby site outside Watford City, North Dakota, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The rig was performing drilling operations on the Kodiak Oil & Gas, Inc. Smokey 16-20-17-2H3 well, one of four being drilled on the Smokey 16-20 location into the Three Forks shale formation. Photographer: Daniel Acker

Construction equipment works on the grounds of the Capital Lodge crew lodging facility in Tioga, North Dakota, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The facility, which currently has 90 of the planned 180 housing building constructed, will offer renters a 24-hour kitchen, indoor exercise and pool facilities, and a movie theater amongst its included amenities upon its anticipated completion in the second-quarter of 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker

Construction equipment works on the grounds of the Capital Lodge crew lodging facility in Tioga, North Dakota, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The facility, which currently has 90 of the planned 180 housing building constructed, will offer renters a 24-hour kitchen, indoor exercise and pool facilities, and a movie theater amongst its included amenities upon its anticipated completion in the second-quarter of 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker

Construction equipment works on the grounds of the Capital Lodge crew lodging facility in Tioga, North Dakota, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The facility, which currently has 90 of the planned 180 housing building constructed, will offer renters a 24-hour kitchen, indoor exercise and pool facilities, and a movie theater amongst its included amenities upon its anticipated completion in the second-quarter of 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker

Construction equipment works on the grounds of the Capital Lodge crew lodging facility in Tioga, North Dakota, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The facility, which currently has 90 of the planned 180 housing building constructed, will offer renters a 24-hour kitchen, indoor exercise and pool facilities, and a movie theater amongst its included amenities upon its anticipated completion in the second-quarter of 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker

The graded and prepped location of a future crude oil well outside Watford City, North Dakota, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker

A well head diagnostic crew performs tests on a recently completed crude oil well outside Watford City, North Dakota, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Photographer: Daniel Acker