Wed, 22 May 2013 10:44:05 CDT montanawithkids.com
The Bakken Shale ranks as one of the largest oil developments in the U.S. in the past 40 years. The play has single-handedly driven North Dakota's oil production to levels four times higher than previous peaks in the 1980s.
Wed, 22 May 2013 10:29:12 CDT oilandgasinvestor.com
Petro One Energy Corp. (OTC: CUDBF; TSXV: POP) completed a transaction with a senior oil company on its J11 property totaling 160 acres in the Hardy Minton area of southeastern Saskatchewan.
Wed, 22 May 2013 09:23:07 CDT grandforksherald.com
Amtrak considering Montana stop for Bakken oil field workers. Montana Sens. Jon Tester and Max Baucus requested the study to give oil field workers another transportation option.
Sun, 19 May 2013 01:00:54 CDT mtstandard.com
Its demand for skilled, blue-collar workers is insatiable. But squeezing jobs from the Bakken oilfield has been tougher for trade unions than drawing black gold from shale.
Sat, 18 May 2013 13:55:42 CDT producer.com
Like other parts of North America, horizontal drilling and fracking have opened up the Sinclair Oil Field, Manitoba's tiny portion of the Bakken deposit that is centered in North Dakota and southeastern Saskatchewan.
Fri, 17 May 2013 15:17:05 CDT foxnews.com
The murder of a North Dakota man has authorities investigating whether other recent missing persons cases are connected or the work of separate criminals who've descended on the area known as the Bakken Formation, where new discoveries of oil and natural gas have drawn thousands of transient newcomers and strained the resources of police.
Thu, 16 May 2013 22:46:56 CDT enidnews.com
Enid-based Hiland Partners has contracted with Continental Resources to pipe oil from the lucrative Bakken formation in North Dakota southward toward refineries.
Thu, 16 May 2013 14:49:23 CDT businessweek.com
Amanda Kieson has learned not to dread the 2:30 a.m. phone call. The 33-year-old mother of two opened Badlands Occupational Testing Services in 2011 to cash in on the boom in western North Dakota, home to the energy-rich Bakken shale formation.
Wed, 15 May 2013 13:01:02 CDT fool.com
It's hard to argue the fact that Bakken has become a game-changer for U.S. oil production. While it was discovered in the 1950s the play wasn't economically viable until more recently.
Tue, 14 May 2013 13:06:45 CDT bloomberg.com
Crude from the Bakken shale formation strengthened against domestic benchmark West Texas Intermediate after Northern Tier Energy LP (NTI) finished starting up its refinery in Minnesota after a turnaround.