Todd Melby / 2 below zero
“Oil To Die For,” a new interactive documentary from Black Gold Boom, examines how Dustin Bergsing died of hydrocarbon poisoning at a North Dakota well site just days before his 22nd birthday.
America’s thirst for oil is as strong as ever. And thanks to a giant boom in North Dakota, Texas and Colorado, more U.S. oil is extracted at home.
Lacey Breding, left, with Dustin Bergsing, an oil field worker killed on the job as a “well watcher” near Mandaree, North Dakota.
That’s turned some cattle ranchers into millionaires, a few oil bosses into billionaires and put money in the pockets of working people.
But those riches have come at a price.
Oil To Die For was produced by Todd Melby and is part of his Black Gold Boom project.
