Bakken Bonanza: Massive untapped oil reserves found in northeastern McKenzie County
M.K. French
Farmer Staff Writer
Beneath the familiar landscape of North Dakota’s oil fields lies a hidden treasure: hundreds of millions of barrels of untapped oil. A new study reveals that significant untapped oil reserves exist within the middle Three Forks reservoir of the Bakken Petroleum System in western North Dakota. The announcement was made by Nathan Anderson, Director of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources, and Ed Murphy, North Dakota State Geologist.
The study, detailed in Report of Investigation 135 and Report of Investigation 136, indicates that hundreds of millions of barrels of recoverable oil remain undeveloped in this formation. This discovery holds significant potential to bolster North Dakota’s economy, which has historically relied heavily on the oil and gas industry.
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