still takes something pressurized to get it moving. that’s the big problem I presume.
I have been reading many of your posts on this thread, and I have to say that you are either grossly ignorant or patently misinformed about this subject.
The Bakken Shale’s in the region, average about 10,000 to 9500 vertical feet in depth. The formation temperatures average around 270 to 300 degrees at those depths so heating the product is absolutely not necessary.
Secondly, the oil and gas found there is of the very highest grade. It is the equivalent to Saudi Gold and the distillates are 130 octane or higher.
Thirdly, production is frequently induced by Fracking the formation and the product is pumped from the wells by standard surface methods.
The Bakken shale’s are also not the only target production zone. The Three Forks, just below the Bakken, is also a strong producer in many areas dominated by the Bakken.
The total volume estimates are incomplete, but recent estimates based on actual production, will come in close the the later 2oo billion barrel estimate. This may be more or less since the formation varies in thickness greatly from region to region.