• Bakken crude is a light sweet crude oil with an API gravity generally between 40° and 43° and a sulfur content <0.2 wt.%. As such, it is similar to many other light sweet crude oils produced About 90% of North Dakota’s oil production has an API gravity of 40.1–50.0 degrees. California’s oil is mostly heavy (more dense), and more than 90% has an API gravity of less than 30 degrees. Domestic crude oil production has grown rapidly since 2010, primarily because of light crude oil produced from low-permeability (tight) formations. Oil from the Bakken shale has increasingly become the preferred oil over West Texas Intermediate, or WTI, by refineries all over the world. And, because there is so much explosive growth in production in the Bakken and the midstream oil transport capacity can't keep up, the oil is selling at a premium. The Bakken shale is now established as one of the most significant sources of crude oil in North America, with total volume from the formation across the North Dakota/Montana/Saskatchewan/Manitoba region estimated to have passed 1 million b/d by May 2014. represented by the quality of a mix of 46% WTI, 27% Bakken, and 27% Eagle Ford crude oil.* • Using Baker & O’Brien’s proprietary crude oil assay library, the volume yield of naphtha and lighter material contained in incremental LTO supply was estimated at 36.5%. LTO Absorption LTO Naphtha and Lighter Yield Mechanisms The Bakken crude oil production has started to grow again and is expected to beat in the first half of 2018 its own production record of 1.23 million bpd from December 2014. The Bakken was one of the first U.S. shale basins in which drillers started to pump oil via fracking.
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11 Feb 2018 Statoil published a new detailed assay for the US shale crude. Bakken, showing it slightly heavier and more sour than previously reported. 1 Feb 2015 3, produced from the Bakken shale formation in the Williston Basin (Bakken crude oil). Rail carriers subject to the Order must provide certain comparisons of crude oil vapor pressure difficult. ▫ Bakken crude, a representative tight oil, exhibits higher vapor pressure and gas oil ratio that typical SPR oils North Dakota and Bakken region crude oil and natural gas testing services. Crude oil, condensate, natural gas, and other hydrocarbon testing in North Dakota include: North Dakota Bakken Oil and Gas Services · Shale Oil and Gas Services Crude Oil Assay · Crude Oil Rail Car Services · Formulated Oils, Greases
The Bakken is a layer cake, with five oil-bearing layers amongst nine total layers. The top two oily layers, the Middle Bakken and Three Forks 1, currently account for most of the Bakken’s production. Underneath these layers lie three more oil-bearing shale formations, known as Three Forks 2, 3, and 4. Hess has earned a reputation for top-quartile performance in unconventional oil and gas production in the U.S. Our Onshore team is recognized as an industry-leading operator in a key U.S. shale play — the North Dakota Bakken and Three Forks formations — where we produce shale oil and gas. Bakken Crude Oil Sands Crude Oil Sands Crude Interface Alternative North East West Interface Volume 18,500 BBL 10,900 BBL 20,800 BBL Bakken oil is a type of “light sweet crude,” a relatively high quality oil that is easier to refine into commercial products, but also easier to ignite. A few decades ago, light-sweet crude was the dominant oil type in the US. Conversely, Bakken crude has a transportation cost advantage into the East and West coasts over the Eagle Ford and the Permian. With the oversupply of light crude in the US, transportation, break evens, and crude quality will all be important factors in determining the longevity of production growth. The Bakken Shale ranks as one of the largest oil developments in the U.S. in the past 40 years. The play has single-handedly driven North Dakota's oil production to levels four times higher than previous peaks in the 1980s.
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