MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A company that's invested billions in North Dakota's oil patch says it plans to stick around, despite falling prices.

North Dakota oil prices have been slipping over the past few months, dropping as much as one-fourth from about $90 a barrel in June.

Top state oil regulator Lynn Helms said last week that the price drops could halt drilling in some North Dakota counties, though he estimated the impact at less than 10 percent.

Joel Noyes with Hess Corp. says falling prices have caught the attention of the company, but that prices always ebb and flow and Hess has too much invested in North Dakota to leave anyway.

The Minot Daily News reports Noyes says Hess is pl

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