Overheard at the Economart? -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

• Continental Resources, a million acres; 34,000 boepd
• Oasis, 300,000 acres; 17,000 boepd
• Kodiak: 100,000 acres: 12,000 boepd, and now they've picked up prime acreage in the Bull's Eye

This is not an investment site; see disclaimer at the right. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of those numbers; I just seem to recall those numbers are in the ballpark. Could be wrong.