Bakken Shale Region Brings Opportunity and Prosperity to North Dakota

Occupying more than 200,000 square miles in the northern United States and Canada, the Bakken shale region is currently proving itself to be one of the biggest oil production resources in North America. Oil reserves in the Bakken Shale region are believed to rival those in Saudi Arabia. Oil was originally discovered in North Dakota in the 1950s, and the area boomed again in the 1980s. Particularly in the northwestern corner of the state, the Bakken Shale yield has created a new boom that is changing the face of the local job market and economy. While vertical oil wells were able to tap into some of the energy resources located in the Bakken Shale region, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technologies have brought some of the Bakken Shale’s true potential to light and are bringing oil companies flocking to the area. Other industries are following closely on their shirttails, and with good reason. The boom this technology has created is more than five times the s
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