Some very encouraging press comming out of Montana in connection with the Three forks formation heading west, and certainly has has the backing of the State authorities to fully develop.
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Bakken Oil, Going to be Around For Awhile, as it Heads West
Montana’s Elm Coulee Field currently has about 750 producing Bakken oil wells; during the process of development, only two dry holes were drilled. This “continuous resource” for the length and breadth of the Bakken formation is the reason for the success of the current play and the reason it is likely to continue as it moves westward.
The fact is the oil-rich shale of the Bakken extends all the way west to Glacier County in Montana, but the thickest point of the lower Bakken occurs east of the North Dakota border, which is also where “additional pay zones” are found in another formation called the Three Forks Sanish.
