Rigs targeting US oil slid to the fewest in two years as explorers retreated from North Dakota’s Bakken formation at the fastest pace since the nation’s shale boom took off.
The US oil rig count dropped by 49 last week to 1,317, the lowest since January 25, 2013, Baker Hughes Inc. said on it
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