Does The Bakken Extend to Minot, North Dakota -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

I've been getting several queries lately on whether the Bakken will extend as far east as Minot, North Dakota.

There's a great slide on the extent of the Bakken at the recent MDU/Fidelity corporate presentation, slide 15. It's a long PDF file and it may take a moment to load; the lower left of your browser might say "Done" and you might not see any activity; wait a few more moments, and the PDF file will eventully pop up. I have a fast link today and it still took a moment for it to download.

While at the presentation, take a look at the number of rigs MDU/Fidelity will eventually have in the Bakken, going from three or four now to ten (10) rigs by the end of next year (2012).