Friday, May 3, 2013

USGS Releases Updated Bakken and New Three Forks Oil and Gas Assessment

USGS Releases Updated Bakken and New Three Forks Oil and Gas Assessment

USGS Releases Updated Bakken and New Three Forks Oil and Gas Assessment

Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the USGS estimated mean undiscovered volumes of 7.4 billion barrels of oil, 6.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and 0.53 billion barrels of natural gas liquids in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations in the Williston Basin Province of Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

DOI Press Release (4/30/2013)

USGS Feature Story (4/30/2013)

Fact Sheet 2013-3013

FAQs about the Bakken Formation.

Open-File Report 2013–1094 

Slide Presentation
PDF version (3MB)

Bakken Gallery

Digital Data Series 69–W: Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Williston Basin Province of North Dakota, Montana, and South Dakota, 2010 

Project Website: National Oil and Gas Assessment


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