Bakken / Three Forks Key Play
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The Bakken sub-play areas
104°W
48°N
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104°W
McHenry
McLean
Mercer
Oliver
Dunn
Morton
102°W
Little Knife Anticline
Prairie
106°W
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Wibaux
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ND
Bottineau
Renville
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Williams
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Bakken
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Burke
Nesson Anticline
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2 - Dunn County
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9 - Williams Perimeter
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10 - Nesson Anticline
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11 - Southern Bakken Fringe
12 - Elm Coulee
13 - Montana Frontier
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102°W
48°N
106°W
Burleigh
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The Bakken: Initial Production Heat Map
106°W
104°W
12 - Elm Coulee
13 - Montana Frontier
CANADA
CANADA
Divide
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Sheridan
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Ward
McHenry
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Golden
Valley
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Mercer
2
Billings
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11
Oliver
Burleigh
Dunn
Stark Morton
Prairie
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Richland
McKenzie
Wibaux
Low : 0
4
4
McLean
Dawson
106°W
40
ND
SD
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Bakken
Mountrail
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Roosevelt
Mid: 350
20
Renville
MT
Bottineau
Williams
Max month,IP 30
High : 2,400
0
Burke
48°N
48°N
Bakken
1 - North Williston
2 - Dunn County
3 - West Nesson
4 - Northern Mountrail
5 - Williams Core
6 - Parshall Sanish
7 - Fort Berthold
8 - West McKenzie
9 - Williams Perimeter
10 - Nesson Anticline
11 - Southern Bakken Fringe
102°W
104°W
102°W
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The Bakken: Sub-play EURs and acreage values
Average estimated ultimate recovery rates vary tremendously by sub-play
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The Bakken: Sub-play post-tax PV10
More than US$91 billion of value remains in the Bakken alone, excluding value
attributed to the underlying Three Forks
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