BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The state Department of Mineral Resources says the number of drill rigs perforating North Dakota's oil patch has jumped 25 percent in three months.
The agency says 127 rigs were drilling in western North Dakota's oil patch on Monday. That's up from 102 in March -- the first time since 1982 that the number of rigs in the state had hit the century mark.
State and industry officials say each active oil rig represents about 40 direct jobs and 80 indirect jobs in the state.
North Dakota had 4,810 active oil wells in April producing a record 284,345 barrels of crude daily.
