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June 18, 2015

Busting The "Canadian Bakken" Myth
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 18, 2015
The financial pages of Canadian newspapers have been full of Busting The "Canadian Bakken" Myths lately announcing the potential of two large shale oil fields in the Northwest Territories said to contain enough oil to rival the Bakken Formation of North Dakota and Montana. The report by Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) evaluated, for the first time, the volume of oil in place for the Canol and Bluefish shale formations, located in the territory's Mackenzie Plain. It found the "thick and geogra ... read more

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