THE REVIVAL OF MOUNTRAIL’s ”OLD” SWEET SPOTS

This post is an update and slight expansion of my previous post In Bakken (ND) it is now mostly about McKenzie County about developments in light tight oil (LTO) extraction in the Bakken/Three Forks formations in North Dakota. It also includes a little about developments in LTO extraction from Bakken/Three Forks in Elm Coulee, Montana.Continue reading “THE REVIVAL OF MOUNTRAIL’s ”OLD” SWEET SPOTS”

IN BAKKEN (ND) IT IS NOW MOSTLY ABOUT MCKENZIE COUNTY

In this post I present an update to my previous posts over at The Oil Drum (The Red Queen series) on developments in tight oil production from the Bakken formation in North Dakota with some additional estimates, mainly presented in charts. The expansion is much about the differences between wells capable of producing, actual producingContinue reading “IN BAKKEN (ND) IT IS NOW MOSTLY ABOUT MCKENZIE COUNTY”

TIGHT OIL AND OIL SAND VERSUS SMALL DEEP WATER DEVELOPMENTS, SOME OBSERVATIONS

This post which is based on results from earlier research and analytic work posted on The Oil Drum, Fractional Flow and not least in recent (private) discussions with other international acknowledged experts present some facts and observations about developments of tight oil (which to some extent also applies to oil sands) versus small deep waterContinue reading “TIGHT OIL AND OIL SAND VERSUS SMALL DEEP WATER DEVELOPMENTS, SOME OBSERVATIONS”