This has a really good video explanation of how the wells are drilled into the Bakken field & explains 'fracing.
Click on link at bottom of page.
For those of you that haven't been following oil development in North Dakota, the Bakken shale
underlies about the western third of the state and is estimated to contain over 500 Billion barrels.
Yes that is Billion - not a typo. For comparison, Saudia Arabia has 25 billion and Alaska about the same. Recoverable with current technology is apparently 20% although two companies drilled two laterals in
the same section in Mountrail County last summer. Up until those, the procedure was to go down vertically in
one corner of a section (square mile) and drill horizontally (the lateral) at a diagonal across the section. (The closing
scenes in the video are not Bakken wells - the wells are too close together.) One lateral in each section taps into a very
small amount of the shale formation. Multiple laterals in one section may substantially increase the recoverable amounts.
The Bakken crude and chemical analyses of it - it is very close to kerosene or diesel fuel - some of the sweetest crude
in the world..
Initial production from the Bakken wells ranges from 300 to 2400 barrels per day depending on location since the shale
seems to be different in different areas.
The Sanish-Three Forks shale is immediately below the Bakken and underlies all of North Dakota .
The Bears Den shale is below that and it also appears to underlie all of North Dakota .
No estimates on total oil in either of these yet. All three of these formations extend into Montana and Saskatchewan .
There was one article on the Bakken oil developments in the Wall Street Journal - nothing in any of the other media.
Do you suppose that they fear support for alternative energy development would collapse if the public knew we have
enough oil in North Dakota alone to supply our country's needs for many years to come?? Apparently they would
prefer to cover the prairies with wind farms and the deserts with solar panels. Despite climategate and some seriously
cold weather this winter they are still pushing global warming.
In contrast to most states, North Dakota had $1 Billion surplus last year that they put into public schools and reduced
property taxes. Mostly from the severance tax on oil.
Short video from BNC on how they drill the Bakken wells.
http://www.northernoil.com/drilling.php
Click on link at bottom of page.
For those of you that haven't been following oil development in North Dakota, the Bakken shale
underlies about the western third of the state and is estimated to contain over 500 Billion barrels.
Yes that is Billion - not a typo. For comparison, Saudia Arabia has 25 billion and Alaska about the same. Recoverable with current technology is apparently 20% although two companies drilled two laterals in
the same section in Mountrail County last summer. Up until those, the procedure was to go down vertically in
one corner of a section (square mile) and drill horizontally (the lateral) at a diagonal across the section. (The closing
scenes in the video are not Bakken wells - the wells are too close together.) One lateral in each section taps into a very
small amount of the shale formation. Multiple laterals in one section may substantially increase the recoverable amounts.
The Bakken crude and chemical analyses of it - it is very close to kerosene or diesel fuel - some of the sweetest crude
in the world..
Initial production from the Bakken wells ranges from 300 to 2400 barrels per day depending on location since the shale
seems to be different in different areas.
The Sanish-Three Forks shale is immediately below the Bakken and underlies all of North Dakota .
The Bears Den shale is below that and it also appears to underlie all of North Dakota .
No estimates on total oil in either of these yet. All three of these formations extend into Montana and Saskatchewan .
There was one article on the Bakken oil developments in the Wall Street Journal - nothing in any of the other media.
Do you suppose that they fear support for alternative energy development would collapse if the public knew we have
enough oil in North Dakota alone to supply our country's needs for many years to come?? Apparently they would
prefer to cover the prairies with wind farms and the deserts with solar panels. Despite climategate and some seriously
cold weather this winter they are still pushing global warming.
In contrast to most states, North Dakota had $1 Billion surplus last year that they put into public schools and reduced
property taxes. Mostly from the severance tax on oil.
Short video from BNC on how they drill the Bakken wells.
http://www.northernoil.com/drilling.php
