Bakken Shale
The Bakken Shale covers an area of approximately 200,000 square miles in the Williston Basin. The Bakken Shale blankets much of western North Dakota.
Bakken Shale Companies
Significant producers within the Bakken Shale are:
- American Oil & Gas
- Anschutz
- Baytex Energy
- Brigham Exploration
- BTA Oil Producers
- ConocoPhillips
- Continental Resources
- Cornerstone Energy
- Denbury Resources
- Eagle Operating
- Encore Operating
- Enerplus Resources
- EOG Resources
- Exxon Mobil
- Fidelity E&P
- Helis Oil & Gas
- Hess Corp.
- Hunt Oil
- Marathon Oil
- Kodiak Oil & Gas
- Murex Petroleum
- Newfield
- Northern Oil
- Oasis Petroleum
- Petro-Hunt
- Petroleum Development Corp.
- Questar
- Sagebrush Petroleum
- Simray
- Slawson Exploration
- St. Mary Land & Exploration
- SM Energy
- Tracker Resources
- Whiting Petroleum Corporation
- XTO Energy
- Zavanna
- Zenergy
Bakken Shale Geology
,
Bakken Shale Location
The Bakken Shale is located in the following counties:
- Billings County ND
- Bottineau County ND
- Bowman County ND
- Burke County ND
- Divide County ND
- Dunn County ND
- Golden Valley County ND
- McHenry County ND
- McKenzie County ND
- McLean County ND
- Mountrail County ND
- Renville County ND
- Slope County ND
- Stark County ND
- Ward County ND
- Williams County ND