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Harold Hamm and Continental Resources and the Bakken

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Arne

Since Harold Hamm is the face of Continental Resources and Continental Resources is probably the company most closely identified with the Bakken boom, I dug into the archives for some material on Hamm and the path Continental took from Oklahoma … Continue reading →

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The North Dakota Oil Production Slump and Turnaround in the 1990s

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Arne

Despite production growth in the Bakken formation around 1990, at that time North Dakota’s oil industry was in the midst of a 11-year decline, from 1984 through 1994. In March of ’94, the Associated Press reported: Despite lagging production, North … Continue reading →

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A Circa 1990 Production Boomlet in the Bakken Formation

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Arne

In early 1990, stories began emerging about the growth of horizontal drilling in the Bakken formation and the possibility that the technology would provide a resurgence in oil tax revenue for the North Dakota government. By 1989, plummeting oil prices … Continue reading →

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