So ND and TX are going to get an influx of O&G laborers?
Texas, probably. North Dakota? When I lived there, we had a saying that -40 tended to drive the riff-raff out.
I read pink slips are going out in North Dakota and one of the oil companies is going bankrupt in Texas.
Drilling Contracts Cancelled As 60 Rigs Are Going Idle For Leading Shale Driller
http://oilpro.com/post/9468/drilling-contracts-terminated-60-rigs-going-idle-leading-shale-dr
The First Shale Casualty: WBH Energy Files For Bankruptcy; Many More Coming
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-07/first-shale-casualty-wbh-energy-files-bankruptcy-many-more-coming