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Assessment of water and proppant quantities associated with petroleum production from the Bakken and Three Forks Formations, Williston Basin Province, Montana and North Dakota, 2016

Seth S. Haines·Brian A. Varela·Sarah J. Hawkins·Nicholas J. Gianoutsos·Joanna N. Thamke·Mark A. Engle·Marilyn E. Tennyson·Christopher J. Schenk·Stephanie B. Gaswirth·Kristen R. Marra·Scott A. Kinney·Tracey J. Mercier·Cericia D. Martinez
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has completed an assessment of water and proppant requirements and water production associated with the possible future production of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Three Forks and Bakken Formations (Late Devonian to Early Mississippian) of the Williston Basin Province in Montana and North Dakota. This water and proppant assessment is directly linked to the geology-based assessment of the undiscovered, technically recoverable continuous oil and gas resources that is described in USGS Fact Sheet 2013–3013.

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: 46.58906908309182° to 48.99463598353405° latitude; -106.98486328124999° to -101.84326171875° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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Seth S. Haines, Brian A. Varela, Sarah J. Hawkins, Nicholas J. Gianoutsos, Joanna N. Thamke, Mark A. Engle, Marilyn E. Tennyson, Christopher J. Schenk, Stephanie B. Gaswirth, Kristen R. Marra, Scott A. Kinney, Tracey J. Mercier, Cericia D. Martinez. 2017-06-23. Assessment of water and proppant quantities associated with petroleum production from the Bakken and Three Forks Formations, Williston Basin Province, Montana and North Dakota, 2016. https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20173044

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