Monday, February 6, 2012

New Book on the Bakken (c. 2011) Available -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Julie LeFever (NDGS), Stephanie Gaswirth (USGS), and John Robinson (North Ranch Resources, LLC) are editors of a new book on the Bakken and the Three Forks, published by the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists:
The 2011 Bakken Guidebook
You can order it from The Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists. At the website, click on "Store" and search for "Bakken." It will probably be the first book to pop up.

According to one of the editors:
This book has the latest info from authors who work for EOG, Whiting, Samson, Colorado School of Mines, North Dakota Geological Survey, Colorado State University, and Cirque Resources, among others. It includes two of the classic publications by Leigh Price and a paper by Mike Johnson on the discovery of Parshall Field (he's the geologist who sold the original deal to EOG).
I've blogged about Mike Johnson.

You can read more about the contents of the book at the website linked above.

I have not received my copy yet, but I'm hoping the introduction is written by Harold Hamm. Or signed by him. Just joking.

It would be real cool if this book requires a second printing.


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The following was sent to me by one of the editors. I don't know if it was meant for posting; if so, he will let me know, I'm sure:

Table of Contents

THE BAKKEN - THREE FORKS PETROLEUM SYSTEM IN THE WILLISTION BASIN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

BAKKEN FORMATION

Revised Nomenclature for the Bakken Formation (Mississippian-Devonian), North Dakota
Julie A. LeFever, North Dakota Geological Survey, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Richard D. LeFever, North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, North Dakota
Stephan H. Nordeng, North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, North Dakota

Facies Architecture and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Middle Bakken Member, North Dakota
Sven Engenhoff, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Aaron van Dolah, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Ali Jeffri, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Jorg Maletz, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

Andrea L. Simenson, Discovery Group, Denver, Colorado
Stephen A. Sonnenberg, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
Robert M. Cluff, Discovery Group, Denver, Colorado

Quantitative Mineralogic Analysis of the Middle Bakken Member, Parshall Field, Mountrail County, North Dakota
Becky L. Kowalski, Occidental Petroleum, Houston, Texas
Stephen A. Sonnenberg, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado

Clastic Injectites in the Devonian (Famennian) Lower Bakken Shale, Williston Basin, North Dakota
William J. Clark, Schlumberger Consulting Services, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Amy L. Maldonado, Plains Exploration and Production Co., Bakersfield, California

The Bakken Formation of Southeast Saskatchewan, Canada
Erik H. Nickel, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Dan Kohlruss, Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
 
THREE FORKS FORMATION
                                   
Depositional Lithofacies of the Upper Devonian Three Forks Formation and Grassy Butte Member of the Lower Bakken Shale in the Williston Basin
Brian W. Berwick, Samson Resources, Denver, Colorado
Michael L. Hendricks, Hendricks and Associates, Inc., Centennial, Colorado

Stratigraphic Relationships and Reservoir Quality at the Three Forks-Bakken Unconformity, Williston Basin, North Dakota
Richard J. Bottjer, Cirque Resources LP, Denver, Colorado
Anne Grau, Independent Geologist, Denver, Colorado
Robert Sterling, Cirque Resources LP, Denver, Colorado
Peter Dea, Cirque Resources LP, Denver, Colorado

PETROLEUM SYSTEMS

The Geology and Geochemistry of the Parshall Field area, Mountrail County, North Dakota
Daniel M. Jarvie, Worldwide Geochemistry, Humble, Texas
Robert J. Coskey, Rose Exploration, Inc., Denver, Colorado
Michael S. Johnson, Consulting Geologist, Denver, Colorado
Jay E. Leonard, Platte River Associates, Boulder, Colorado

Characterization of the Bakken Reservoir at Parshall Field and East of the Nesson Anticline, North Dakota
Anne Grau, Independent Geologist, Denver, Colorado
Robert Sterling, Cirque Resources LP, Denver, Colorado
Richard J. Bottjer, Cirque Resources LP, Denver, Colorado
Peter Dea, Cirque Resources LP, Denver, Colorado

TOC and Pyrolysis Data for the Bakken Shales, Williston Basin, North Dakota and Montana
Stephen A. Sonnenberg, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado

The Role of the Lower Lodgepole Formation in the Bakken Petroleum System, Billings Nose, North Dakota
John Stroud, Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Denver, Colorado
Stephen A. Sonnenberg, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

Comparing Production to Structure over the course of Bakken Development: The Diminishing significance of the “Sweetspot” in Exploration
Stephan H. Nordeng, North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, North Dakota
Julie A. LeFever, North Dakota Geological Survey, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Structural Relationships between Surface Lineaments and Basement Faulting in the Northeastern Williston Basin
Fred J. Anderson, North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, North Dakota

Fracturing in the Bakken Petroleum System, Williston Basin
Stephen A. Sonnenberg, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
Julie A. LeFever, North Dakota Geological Survey, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ronald Hill, Marathon Oil Company, Houston, Texas

OTHER TOPICS

Discovery of Parshall Field, North Dakota
Michael S. Johnson, Consulting Petroleum Geologist, Denver, Colorado

Reference List for the Bakken and Three Forks Formations in the Williston Basin
John W. Robinson, North Ranch Resources, Littleton, Colorado
Stephanie B. Gaswirth, US Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Julie A. LeFever, North Dakota Geological Survey, Grand Forks, North Dakota

REPRINT SERIES

Organic Metamorphism in the Mississippian-Devonian Bakken Shale in the North Dakota portion of the Williston Basin
Leigh Price, Tom Ging, Ted Daws, Alonza Love, Mark Pawlewicz, and Don Anders
1984 RMAG Guidebook, Hydrocarbon Source Rocks of the greater Rocky Mountain Region

Petroleum Source Rocks and Stratigraphy of the Bakken Formation in North Dakota
Rick L. Webster
1987 RMAG Guidebook, Williston Basin, Anatomy of a Cratonic Oil Province

Horizontal Drilling in the Williston Basin, United States and Canada
Julie A. LeFever, North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, North Dakota
1987 RMAG Guidebook, Geological Studies Relevant to Horizontal Drilling: Examples from Western North America

Does Bakken Horizontal Drilling Imply a Huge Oil-Resource Base in Fractured Shales?
Leigh Price, US Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Julie A. LeFever, North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, North Dakota
1987 RMAG Guidebook, Geological Studies Relevant to Horizontal Drilling: Examples from Western North America

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