There Are "No" Dry Holes in the Bakken -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Don't take it from me.

Take it from the state commission.

"A drilling rig hits oil 99.6% of the time. A dry hole is extremely rare."

The occasional dry hole targeting the Bakken formation I see is because of a problem with the rig or the drilling -- not because oil wasn't there. In almost every case in which I see a "dry" hole due to technical problems with the drilling, the operator has plans to go back in at a later date.