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Anchorage Daily News ^ | May 29th, 2010 | MEGAN HOLLAND

[stboz]

The last I read, there was a question as to whether the Bakken and the Sanish-Three Forks were interconnected.

Some folks were guessing the Sanish - Three Forks was as big, maybe bigger than the Bakken.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

It is almost a sacrilege to say it, but what a Hell of a producer that well and that field would have been. I suppose the field is still viable but that would have been a super well.

[proud_yank]

LOL!

[redhead]

"The last I read, there was a question as to whether the Bakken and the Sanish-Three Forks were interconnected. Some folks were guessing the Sanish - Three Forks was as big, maybe bigger than the Bakken."

Did I read somewhere that the Sanish/Three Forks is UNDER the Bakken shale? Now, wouldn't THAT be interesting??

[proud_yank]

True.

During a routine maintenance check, power went out, causing a valve to open and channel oil into a storage tank, which overflowed. Oil streamed into a bermed secondary containment area.

Any idea why an actuated valve going to a tank would fail open? My only guess is a divert valve and the inlet shut.

[Irish Eyes]

Oil streamed into a bermed secondary containment area. That containment area is lined with an impermeable liner and state and company officials say no oil escaped from the area.

[thackney]

Did I read somewhere that the Sanish/Three Forks is UNDER the Bakken shale?

The Sanish/Three Forks zone is an Oil area below the upper part of the Bakken Oil Shale formation.  Experts and drillers are trying to figure out if the Three Forks is a separate oil reservoir or actually part of the Bakken Shale oil field.  Many companies have been drilling wells in Montrail County, North Dakota - McKenzie County, North Dakota - and Dunn County, North Dakota.  These companies have been striking positive Three Forks/Sanish results.

http://bakkenshale.net/threeforkssanish.html

[gulfcoast6]

Did bambam line them up and shoot them?