__UPDATE (July 2008): __To learn more about the geology of the Bakken petroleum system, check out this study by Flannery and Kraus from 2006. UPDATE (June 2008): I have edited the text from the ...

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BISMARCK — A “significant” amount of undeveloped oil resources remain deep in the northwestern portion of North Dakota’s Bakken Petroleum System, state experts say. According to studies conducted by ...

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