[Smokin' Joe]

The map showed a pad with something like 6 wells total, some in the Bakken layer and the rest in the Three Forks layer. The point of this is the drilling locations seem to be methodically planned, and like once an area is covered there will be no need to go back and drill again

There will be infill wells in the future, and in many places, there will be another round of Three Forks drilling in a deeper part of the formation. The planning you see revolves around access road construction and infrastructure for getting the oil and gas to processing facilities. Your parallel lines of well pads should be roughly two or four miles apart, from north to south, as the normal lease size is two sections (1280 acres), or two square miles.

I do agree, however, that temporary housing for temporary workers makes sense. Overbuilding will cause property values to drop significantly in the future, and that becomes a disincentive toward buying a home versus renting.

[thackney]

I do agree, however, that temporary housing for temporary workers makes sense.

Do you mean only privately run, like below, or something publicly funded?

[dynoman]

I found the map; http://www.undeerc.org/bakken/Purchase-a-Bakken-Map.aspx

There is an online version but I haven’t been able to get it to work; http://www.undeerc.org/Bakken/DSS/

Maybe Grand Forks got money because that is where UND is. Notice the maps are done by UND EERC.

I think Eastern ND is kind of naive about the oil field effects on the power industry in central ND. The company I work for is headquartered in Grand Forks.