Bakken

A large field in North Dakota called the Bakken is producing oil faster than pipelines and trains can take it away, and is now projected to ultimately become the fifth biggest oil field ever discovered in the United States.

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Today I read that: North Dakota and Montana have an estimated 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil in an area known as the Bakken Formation.

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"Reston, VA – North Dakota and Montana have an estimated 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil in an area known as the Bakken Formation."

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Another major issue on the Bakken is the natural gas burnoffs.

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"The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil ..." the message raged, while speculating about the ability to recover ill-defined shale-oil deposits in the West and in Canada.

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GUTIERREZ: It's called the Bakken formation, a vast 200,000 square-mile area, rich with more than three billion barrels of crude.

CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2008 2008

GUTIERREZ: Stanley sits on something called The Bakken Formation, rich in virtually untapped natural gas and crude oil.

CNN Transcript Aug 22, 2008 2008

GUTIERREZ: It's called the Bakken formation, a vast 200,000 square-mile area, rich with more than three billion barrels of crude.

CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2008 2008

The Bakken is a significant part of Denbury's oil production, but not the majority.

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It is the first company to contract with a venture called the Bakken Express, which is experimenting with a technique to truck compressed natural gas from wells until pipelines are built.

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