Bakken Shale

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:age gptkb:Late_Devonian
gptkb:Early_Mississippian
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Lower_Bakken_Shale
gptkb:Middle_Bakken
gptkb:Upper_Bakken_Shale
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:depositionalEnvironment gptkb:marine
gptkbp:discoveredBy 1951
gptkbp:economicImportance major oil play in North America
gptkbp:estimatedRecoverableOil 7.4 billion barrels (USGS 2013)
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1953
gptkbp:hasResource gptkb:oil
natural gas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bakken Shale
gptkbp:lithology gptkb:stone
siltstone
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Williston_Basin
gptkb:Manitoba
gptkb:Montana
gptkb:North_Dakota
gptkb:Saskatchewan
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Henry_Bakken
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:J.W._Nordquist
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Minot
gptkb:Williston
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:North_Dakota_oil_boom
gptkb:shale_revolution
gptkbp:notableFor hydraulic fracturing
horizontal drilling
gptkbp:oilProduction over 1 million barrels per day (2019)
gptkbp:oilProductionPeak 2019
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Marathon_Oil
gptkb:Hess_Corporation
gptkb:Continental_Resources
gptkb:Whiting_Petroleum
gptkbp:overlies gptkb:Three_Forks_Formation
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Williston_Basin
gptkbp:significantProductionStart 2000s
gptkbp:thickness up to 145 feet
gptkbp:typeSectionLocation gptkb:Williams_County,_North_Dakota
gptkbp:underlies gptkb:Lodgepole_Formation
gptkbp:USGSAssessmentYear 2013
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marathon_Oil
gptkb:Shale
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6