Bakken

The Bakken play is in the Williston Basin, an intracratonic sag basin that extends from eastern North Dakota into western Montana, and to the north into Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Bakken is most productive along the axis, where it is deepest.

The Bakken play comprises the Upper Devonian Three Forks Formation and Upper Devonian–Lower Mississippian Bakken Formation.

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Activity in the Bakken is more sensitive to oil price, given the higher break-even costs compared with other plays such as Permian and Eagle Ford.
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