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Chairman of Governor Dalrymple's 2012 Campaign Predicts Rig Count Down to 50 and 20,000 Jobs Lost By Summer

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Dustin Gawrylow
Jan 23, 2015
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The fear factor of what will happen to North Dakota's economy is growing.

Jim Arthaud is a long time businessman from Belfield, ND and served as one of Governor Jack Dalrymple's campaign chairman in 2012.

Arthaud yesterday was featured on CNN predicting that the oil rig count in North Dakota would drop from the current level of 160 rigs, to 50 by June - a…

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