Recent News
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Killdeer ambulance service gets new home
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Schweitzer: Bakken will continue as ‘millionaire maker’
Bakken Oil Office Retrieved May 6, 2013 • By PIPER HAUGAN Montana Standard BUTTE — In -
New Mexico sees oil production jump 46 pct.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Oil production in New Mexico has increased by nearly 50 percent -
3 hurt in second fire in a week at Wheatland, Wyo. plant
Basin Electric spokesman Daryl Hill said the fires didn’t appear to be related. Basin Electric -
KLJ Nationally Recognized on Top 500 Design Firms List
Bakken Oil Office See KLJ in the April/May BAKKEN OIL BUSINESS JOURNAL KLJ, a multi-disciplinary - More from this category
Companies and Stocks
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Bakken Update: Mississippi Lime Well Design Improvement Is Increasing Estimated Recoveries, Part 2
By Michael Filloon: In part one of this series, I covered development in the Mississippi -
Bakken Update: Mississippi Lime Well Design Improvement Is Increasing Estimated Recoveries, Part 3
By Michael Filloon: Chesapeake’s (CHK) recent sale of its Mississippi Lime acreage was valued at -
Bakken Update: EOG Resources’ Completion Technology Is A Game Changer
By Michael Filloon: EOG Resources (EOG) is changing the way it is working the Bakken. -
Bakken Update: Depletion Of The Top 20 Oil Producing Wells In The Bakken
By Michael Filloon: The Bakken continues to be an area of debate. The bears maintain -
Bakken Update: Northeast McKenzie County Wells Could Out Produce Those In Sanish And Parshall Fields
By Michael Filloon: Well design in the Williston Basin has changed significantly since the first - More from this category
Job Seeker Information
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Four of the hardest things about finding a job in the Bakken
Here’s a quick audio of a second-hand account of somebody moving from Chicago to North -
Playing Man vs. Wild in North Dakota
Here’s a short video about how not to approach getting a job in North Dakota, -
First hand account from a new Bakken truck driver
Check out this video from a newly trained Bakken trucker about driving an oil truck, -
WSJ story about a family moving to North Dakota
Check out this story from the Wall Street Journal about a family from California that -
Firsthand account of housing in the North Dakota oil field.
Here’s a good firsthand account of housing in the Bakken region in North Dakota, and - More from this category
Recent Videos
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The State of American Energy 2013 from the API
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Short video of a Bakken man camp in Williston
Here’s a quick video from a new Bakken oil field worker showing his new digs -
Biggest oil boom in USA one year later
Check out this video made by a Williston local, documenting some of the incredible growth -
Four of the hardest things about finding a job in the Bakken
Here’s a quick audio of a second-hand account of somebody moving from Chicago to North -
Oil train from the Bakken heading to Anacortes, WA
Here’s a video that will give you an idea of the scope and volume of - More from this category
Other Recent Posts
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Husky: Canol ‘long-term’
By While others start to pump up the Canol oil shale play in the Northwest Territories as a leading candidate to be the next Bakken, Husky Energy hammers home its realities. With C$ 386 million in spending commitments on the line for two parcels, Husky has every reason to hope for a breakthrough. To tha… [...]
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Bakken Update: Bakken Well Costs Are Decreasing Faster Than Companies Indicate
By By Michael Filloon: Unconventional well costs have pulled back significantly over the past two years. Not only will these costs continue lower, but current reductions have been better than expected. It is my opinion these costs are not correctly factored into analyst estimates. This is bullish the bottom line, and more specifically in the [...]
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Firing on all cylinders
By In the first quarter of 2013, EOG successfully tested its first well in the second bench of the Three Forks formation, saw its overall North Dakota oil production results beat the industry average because of 160-acre downspacing, and had its new wells outperform previous wells in the Bakken petroleu… Read the article… Music video [...]
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Bakken Update: An Overview Of World Refining And How To Invest In 2013
By By Michael Filloon: Refining has been one of the hottest sectors since late 2010. The industry has recovered nicely since “The Great Recession”, but uncertainties have caused a significant short term pull back. WTI/Brent differentials have tightened, hurting margins. Europe’s economy continues to lag, while China’s is growing slower than expected, hurting demand. If [...]
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Warmer weather continues to help ND farmers
By Spring wheat seeding is rated 26 percent complete. That is well behind last year’s 92 percent and the average of 53 percent. Read the article…
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Bakken Update: Investment Trends In The Bakken’s First Quarter Of 2013, Part III
By By Michael Filloon: The first quarter has turned out to be much better than expected in the Bakken. Most operators spent time drilling from pads, which was a good thing as the winter lasted longer with more snow than originally expected. Pad drilling requires that all the wells be drilled before completion work begins. [...]
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Denver named No. 3 oil and gas city in the world
By Bakken Oil Office Nicknamed the Mile High City because of its elevation, Denver was established in 1858 just east of the Rocky Mountains as a mining town during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush. Originally known as Denver City, the city was named after Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver. At the time, the area [...]
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Bakken Update: Triangle’s Accounting Issue Is A Non-Factor
By By Michael Filloon: Of all the operators in the Bakken, Triangle (TPLM) may be the most interesting. Not only because of how quickly it has grown, but where it came from. When it first began purchasing acreage in North Dakota, it already had sizeable acreage in Nova Scotia. This 410,000 net acres is in [...]
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Keystone XL pipeline endorsed by the AFL-CIO
By Bakken Oil Office Article by: Bob van der Valk There is no such thing in the petroleum business as perfect timing but in this case the Keystone XL pipeline project may just be the ticket to put North America over the threshold of becoming energy secure from Middle East countries from which we have [...]
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Bakken Update: PBF Energy Misses, But Continues To Increase Bakken And Canadian Feedstocks
By By Michael Filloon: Over the past few days several refiners have provided earnings for the quarter. Most of these have been quite good with top line numbers beating estimates and only a few missing on the bottom line. In reality, the pullback in the refiners seems overdone as we will continue to produce cheap [...]
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Officials say costs from N.D. flooding adding up
By Although spring flooding wasn’t as bad advertised in some areas, officials who are totaling the damages said the costs are piling up. Read the article…
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Bakken Update: Investment Trends In The Bakken’s First Quarter Of 2013
By By Michael Filloon: In January of 2013, I thought Bakken operators were expensive. Although these stocks did not appreciate like operators in other plays, I had hoped we would get a pull-back. I had stated the top ways to play this pull back was with Kodiak (KOG) and Triangle (TPLM). Triangle missed analyst estimates [...]
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N.D. does badly in worker death report
By AFL-CIO issues report. Read the article…
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Double the oil
By Industry representatives polled more than a year ago by Petroleum News accurately predicted that the federal government would end up at least doubling the amount of crude oil that could be technically recovered from the U.S. portion of the Bakken petroleum system. That’s largely because the 2008 stu… Read the article…
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Bakken Update: Investment Trends In The Bakken’s First Quarter Of 2013, Part II
By By Michael Filloon: In the first part of this series I highlighted what operators are accomplishing so far in 2013. The market seemed prepared for poor earnings, but did not foresee the strong Bakken crude differential to WTI. This seems to be motivated by railing Bakken crude all over the country, freeing up pipe [...]
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