Bismarck Tribune article, Feb. 2, 2012....Annual N.D. Oil Conference, Bismarck, May 22-24.
"Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, said all 300 available booths for the 20th annual Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and Expo were spoken for within 17 minutes. About 650 people were waiting online to sign up, he said."
"This is the place where the Bakken players come," Ness said of the expo.
"I don't know how fast your Elton John tickets go, but it was crazy," Ness said.
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