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Bookmark or Share- Bakken formation - WikipediaThe Bakken Formation ( / ˈbɑːkən / BAH-kən) is a rock unit from the Late Devonian to Early Mississippian age occupying about 200,000 square miles (520,000 km 2) of the subsurface of the Williston Basin, underlying parts of Montana, North Dakota, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
- Bakken Formation Oil & Gas | Map, News, Lease, Royalty InfoThe Bakken Formation consists of a lower shale member, a middle sandstone member, and an upper shale member. The shales are organic-rich and of marine origin. They are rich source rocks for oil and natural gas. All three members of the Bakken Formation have been known to yield oil and natural gas.
- USGS Releases Oil and Gas Assessment for the Bakken and Three Forks ...The estimate includes 4.3 billion barrels of unconventional oil and 4.9 trillion cubic feet of unconventional natural gas in the two formations. This assessment updates the 2013 USGS assessment of the Williston Basin.
- Geology — Bakken Shale PlayGeology of the Bakken Shale Play -- The Bakken Shale is a rock formation from the Late Devonian, Early Mississippian age that is estimated to hold as much as 24 billion barrels of recoverable oil. The play extends into parts of Montana, North Dakota, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
- Major North American oil source yields clues to one of Earth's ...The Bakken Shale Formation—a 200,000-square-mile shale deposit below parts of Canada and North Dakota—has supplied billions of barrels of oil and natural gas to North America for 70 years. A...
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