North Dakota Now No. 2 Oil Producer

North Dakota has passed Alaska to become the second-leading oil-producing state in the nation, trailing only Texas. North Dakota oil drillers pumped 17.8 million barrels in March, with a daily average of 575,490 barrels, Assistant State Mineral Resources Director Bruce Hicks told The Associated Press. That compares with 17.5 million barrels in Alaska, though still far behind Texas.