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The following data files contain production information for over 2000 Bakken wells. Data are sourced from the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). Download requires a premium subscription service with the DMR. Please click the provided link above to obtain contact information for DMR in which to apply for subscription service. If a vaild subscription has already been obtained, a prompt will appear for user name and password to enable download.

• Bakken Flares and Satellite Images:The Science and the Facts Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Associated Gas Flaring Fact Sheet (PDF)
• NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) in Oil Production Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Water Usage in Oil and Gas Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Bakken Water Opportunities Assessment – Phase 1 (PDF)
• Bakken Water Opportunities Assessment – Phase 2 (PPTX)
• Subtask 1.2 – Evaluation of Key Factors Affecting Successful Oil Production in the Bakken Formation, North Dakota – Phase 1 (PDF)
• Subtask 1.7 – Evaluation of Key Factors Affecting Successful Oil Production in the Bakken Formation, North Dakota – Phase 2 (PDF)
• Subtask 1.8 – Investigation of Improved Conductivity and Proppant Applications in the Bakken Formation (PDF)
• Exploration and Production Focus, Winter 2011, National Energy Technology Laboratory (PDF)
• Basic Well Production Data (Microsoft Excel) (subscription required)
• Bibliography (PDF)

External Resources

• Provided as Short Course 1, sponsored by the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council and the Montana Geological Society, at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Rocky Mountain Section meeting in Jackson, Wyoming, on September 24, 2005. Overview of Bakken stratigraphy in North Dakota and “Mini” Core Workshop, LeFever, North Dakota Geologic Survey (PDF, 4.17 MB).


• Bakken Research Consortium hydraulic fracturing and microseismic monitoring project, 2009 (PDF, 4.93 MB with Link to detailed reports).
  An evaluation of a membrane technology for the treatment of abundant supplies of nonpotable groundwater has been proposed as a Phase 2 Bakken Water Opportunities Assessment project. The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) is teaming with an oil industry partner to investigate the treatment of moderately saline groundwater from the Dakota Formation with pretreatment and reverse osmosis technology. The proposed pilot-scale demonstration will treat up to 215 gpm of groundwater to produce approximately 160 gpm of permeate, assuming an estimated 75% recovery rate.


• North Dakota middle member Bakken horizontal play: North Dakota Geological Survey, Geologic Investigations No. 8, LeFever, J.A., 2005 (PDF, 8.83 MB).
  An evaluation of a membrane technology for the treatment of abundant supplies of nonpotable groundwater has been proposed as a Phase 2 Bakken Water Opportunities Assessment project. The EERC is teaming with an oil industry partner to investigate the treatment of moderately saline groundwater from the Dakota Formation with pretreatment and reverse osmosis technology. The proposed pilot-scale demonstration will treat up to 215 gpm of groundwater to produce approximately 160 gpm of permeate, assuming an estimated 75% recovery rate.


• LeFever, J.A., 2008, North Dakota Geological Survey, Geologic Investigation No. 59, Bakken Formation map series: Sheets 1– 5.
  • Isopach of the Bakken Formation (PDF, 4.38 MB)
  • Isopach of the Upper Bakken Shale (PDF, 9.36 MB)
  • Isopach of the Middle Bakken Member (PDF, 6.14 MB)
  • Isopach of the Lower Bakken Shale (PDF, 5.62 MB)
  • Structure on the Top of the Bakken Formation (PDF, 2.85 MB)
• Nordeng, S.H., and LeFever, J.A., 2009, North Dakota Geologic Survey, GI-79. Organic geochemical patterns in the Bakken source system: (PDF, 4.55 MB).


• Leigh Price Papers and New Correspondence Regarding the Bakken Formation