[Piquaboy]

I did not know that. How come no one heard of it until lately?

[Smokin' Joe]

Well, some of us have known about it for a while (I worked some of the very first Bakken horizontal wells in Elm Coulee Field).

Getting the media to say something good about the oil industry is about the same as getting them to say something good about the military. If it is good news, they usually won't report it.

Doing so would really interfere with the whole "Evil BIG Oil not producing oil so it can rape consumers" gig.

[thackney]

How come no one I have not heard of it until lately?

Because you don't spend enough time on FreeRepublic?

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bakken/index?tab=articles