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3 to 4.3 Billion Barrels of Oil in North Dakota and Montana’s Bakken Formation
USGS Newsroom ^
| 4/10/2008 2:25:36 PM
| U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Posted on 08/09/2011 7:56:30 AM PDT by Bigun
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.
A U.S. Geological Survey assessment, released April 10, shows a 25-fold increase in the amount of oil that can be recovered compared to the agency's 1995 estimate of 151 million barrels of oil.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Montana; US: North Dakota
KEYWORDS: bakken; drillheredrillnow; energy; montana; northdakota; oil; reserves; unitedstates
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To: OregonRancher
Heheh...good imagery...:)
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rlmorel
(9/11: Aggression is attracted to weakness like sharks are to blood, and we were weak. We still are.)
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