BISMARCK — A “significant” amount of undeveloped oil resources remain deep in the northwestern portion of North Dakota’s Bakken Petroleum System, state experts say. According to studies conducted by ...

Chantell Dunbar-Jones remembers when her hometown of Lewisville, Arkansas, seemed to have oil wells on every corner. The small town, located in the southwestern part of the state, sits atop the ...

The Bakken shale formation under western North Dakota and eastern Montana is the "largest continuous oil accumulation" the U.S. Geological Survey has ever assessed, the federal agency said in a report ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Chantell Dunbar-Jones remembers when her hometown of Lewisville, Arkansas, seemed to ...

DICKINSON, N.D. - The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources released details this week about an oil formation in southwest North Dakota believed to be similar to the Bakken, and leasing has ...

'We have assessed there are significant undiscovered resources in the Haynesville Formation of the Gulf Coast', USGS Director Ned Mamula said. Image by golubovy via iStock In a statement sent to ...

The current geochemical view is that hydrocarbons generated from organic matter disseminated in fine-grained sedimentary rocks and coals are controlled primarily by temperature and duration of heating ...