US-ENERGY-OIL

Photo taken August 20, 2013 shows the Hess Gas Plant in Tioga, North Dakota, a facility that is currently being expanded. Formerly Amarada Hess, the global company adopted "Hess Corporation" in 2007. The name is synonymous with oil development in North Dakota, as it was Hess who first discovered oil in this state in 1951 at a well not far from this now bustling community. When the expansion is finished, the amount of liquids processed will increase from 260,000 gallons daily to 2.5 million gallons per day. The breakdown will be 50 percent ethane, 30 percent propane, 15 percent butane and five percent natural gasoline. AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)