Bakken oil play just south of the Canada - U.S
Yet that was the outcome of his re-discovery of the vast Bakken oil play just south of the Canada-U.S. border, beneath large parts of Montana and North Dakota, long after large oil companies had given up on it because they thought of it as a poor producer.
Thanks to new technology that made it possible to squeeze oil out of old rock, the Bakken has become so prolific in the United States it’s one of the top onshore fields found in the past half-century.
On the Canadian side, where the formation straddles a big portion of southeastern Saskatchewan and the southwestern edge of Manitoba, companies that imported Mr. Findley’s views during the past three years have been well-rewarded.
The Bakken is shaping up to be the largest light-oil pool discovered in Western Canada since 1957, holding at least one billion barrels of oil, of which up to a quarter is recoverable.
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