Continental Resources halts Bakken drilling for first time in 30 years

Falling oil prices squeeze profit margins as North Dakota loses drilling pioneer’s rigs ...
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Harold Hamm to shut down oil drilling in North Dakota

According to a report from Bloomberg, Continental Resources founder Harold Hamm said he plans to stop drilling in North ...
Yahoo

Bill seeks to expand North Dakota’s oil footprint with tax breaks

A workover rig is shown at an oil production site on Sept. 21, 2024, in Williams County, N.D. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) A bill seeks to encourage drilling for oil outside of North ...
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North Dakota oil: A story for the ages

FARGO - The Bakken Formation's oil bonanza was triggered eons ago in a story involving a cast of millions, earthly upheavals, heat and pressure - lots and lots of pressure. It's actually a very ...
Reuters

Is Bakken set to rival Ghawar? John Kemp

LONDON (Reuters) - Could oil production from the Bakken formation in North Dakota and Montana rival output from Saudi Arabia's supergiant Ghawar oilfield, the greatest oil-bearing structure the world ...
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New North Dakota Oil Find Could Be a Gusher

Dozens of very productive new wells near North Dakota’s Bakken oil field have state officials believing another massive new oil find may be at hand. A newly discovered oil field in the Three ...
Oil

Williston’s Bakken given 3-4 billion bbl recoverable

The Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Bakken formation in North Dakota and Montana, which has produced 105 million bbl of oil through the end of 2007, contains an estimated 3 to 4.3 billion bbl of ...