Billings Gazette: Oil drilling in Montana has all but tapped out, according to state records showing that the state has been without a major drilling rig since April.
Observers said the inactivity is due to low oil prices, which have also slowed drilling activity in North Dakotas much more active Bakken formation, though crews are still drilling there.
Montana drilling has been very limited during the Bakken oil boom, but its been decades since the state was without a single drilling rig. State Board of Oil...