The Bakken: It's Not Just In the Williston Basin -- Calgary Herald

This is just a reminder for newbies that "the Bakken" may exist beyond the Williston Basin.

Most folks, including me, generally think of the Bakken in the Williston Basin: North Dakota, eastern Montana, and Saskatchewan. But it turns out it may extend west in Canada to Alberta.

In the wake of swirling rumours about a new Bakken shale oil play in southern Albert -- possibly the driving force behind $48 million spent for five parcels north of Lethbridge in the last provincial drilling rights sale -- come a pair of analysts' research reports praising the formation.

We'll see.