CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/24/10 -- South Dakota is the No. 1 place in the world for oil and gas investment, according to an international survey of petroleum executives and managers released today by the Fraser Institute, one of the world's leading free-market think-tanks.South Dakota, which was ranked seventh out of 143 jurisdictions in 2009, vaulted into the No. 1 spot out of 133 jurisdictions included in the Fraser Institute's Global Petroleum Survey 2010 : http://www.fraseramerica.org/researc...ions/7373.aspx .Along with South Dakota, American states claimed eight of the top 10 spots this year: Texas (second), Illinois (third), Wyoming (fourth),

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