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Bakken Shale
Bakken Overview: The Bakken Shale and the underlying Three Forks formation are both part of the Williston Basin, which spans portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Read More

Bakken Counties: ND: Billings, Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie Read More

Bakken Pipelines (natural gas): Northern Border, WBI Energy Transmission Read More

Bakken Net Acreage Table: A table detailing the net acreage owned by various companies in the Bakken play. View Table

ARTICLES

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Halcon Cuts Capex, Rig Count -- But Sees 2015 Output Rising 15-20%

November 12, 2014
Carolyn Davis
Onshore independent Halcon Resources Corp. is slashing its capital budget and will drop almost half of its rigs in 2015, but production year/year still will jump by 15-20%, CEO Floyd Wilson said Tuesday. Read More
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Domestic NatGas, Oil Production to End 2014 on Steady Upswing, EIA Says

November 11, 2014
David Bradley
Production of natural gas and oil from the seven most prolific U.S. shale and tight oil regions will continue to increase through the end of the year... Read More

Continental Cuts Capex by 12%, Monetizes Oil Hedges

November 6, 2014
Carolyn Davis
Continental Resources Inc. is betting that the sell-off in crude oil has hit bottom and has monetized nearly all of its hedge positions through 2016, while keeping about one-third of its natural gas hedged in 2015 at an average price of $4.34/Mcf. Read More
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Barges Delivering More Bakken Crude to California Than Rail, Says State

November 6, 2014
Richard Nemec
Concern about crude oil rail accidents has drawn the attention of regulators and the public, but more Bakken Shale crude oil today is, for the first time... Read More

Marathon's U.S. Onshore Can Weather Price Downturn, Executives Say

November 4, 2014
Joe Fisher
Marathon Oil Corp.'s U.S. resource plays can hold their own in a low-price environment, and the company's U.S. drilling program is expected to proceed essentially unchanged from plan, executives said Tuesday. Read More
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Aux Sable Expanding Illinois Processing Facilities

November 4, 2014
Richard Nemec
Calgary-based Aux Sable Liquid Products LP plans to spend $130 million to increase processing capabilities at its facilities in Channahon, IL... Read More

Enterprise Bakken-to-Cushing Project Facing Cheap Oil Headwinds

October 31, 2014
Joe Fisher
Lower prices for crude oil aren't doing any favors for Enterprise Products Partners LP's proposed crude pipeline from North Dakota to the Cushing, OK, hub, executives admitted Thursday. But U.S. producers have staying power even at lower oil prices because the country "...is in the middle of a production revolution," they said. Read More

ConocoPhillips Cutting Capex on Oil Prices, but 'Attractive' Returns in Eagle Ford, Bakken

October 31, 2014
Carolyn Davis
ConocoPhillips, the largest independent in the United States, was the first on Thursday to announce plans to reduce capital spending to cope with the recent downturn in oil prices. Some drilling cutbacks will be made, but not within two of its best rate-of-return plays, the Eagle Ford and Bakken shales. Read More

Capline to Study Future Operations, Possible Diamond Interconnection

October 31, 2014
Charlie Passut
The three owners of the Capline crude oil pipeline system said they will conduct a study to determine potential future operations, as well as a possible connection to the proposed Diamond Pipeline. Read More

Northern Border Seeks Interest in Bakken Lateral in North Dakota

October 27, 2014
Richard Nemec
Northern Border Pipeline Co. is testing the shipper interest in a proposed 16-inch diameter, 295 MMcf/d capacity pipeline lateral from the newly expanded Hess Corp. Tioga natural gas processing plant in northwest North Dakota. It is conducting an open season through Nov. 26. Read More

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