North Dakota oil industry has stronger month

North Dakota's oil patch posted one of its strongest months this year with output rising 4% in September.

"There was some really good news in September," Lynn Helms, the state's mineral resources director, said Tuesday. "For the first time since March, we are back over the 1.1 million barrels [of oil] per day mark."

North Dakota produced 1.12 million barrels of oil daily in September, up from 1.07 million barrels in both August and July.

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