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The Start of Horizontal Drilling in North Dakota in 1987

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Arne

Julie LeFever explains, in a paper called Oil Production from the Bakken Formation: A Short History (available as a pdf from North Dakota’s Department of Mineral Resources), how the first horizontal well in the Bakken, dug in 1987, changed things … 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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