Shale Trends Report: Bakken Inventory and future outlook

Shale Trends Report - An in-depth look at remaining inventory in the Bakken shale play, and what it means for future activity

This condensed report spotlights the Bakken Shale play, presenting our view based on our newly developed acreage tiering maps. Earlier this year, Rystad Energy released a new prospectivity map that classifies acreage into six rock-quality tiers, derived from a combination of geologic parameters and well performance data. Our activity modeling leverages this tiering to reflect recent operator strategies aimed at preserving high-quality acreage — a resource that has been steadily depleting in recent years — and to provide a view of the play’s remaining potential and future development outlook.

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