Williston Basin
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The Williston Basin is a large sedimentary basin in the northern Great Plains of the United States and Canada, known for its rich oil and gas reserves, including the prolific Bakken Formation.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Williston Basin Paleocene units | 1 |
| Williston Basin oil-producing region | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic basin
ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ |
| basement | Precambrian crystalline rocks ⓘ |
| centeredNear | northwestern North Dakota ⓘ |
| contains |
Bakken Formation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Deadwood Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Duperow Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Lodgepole Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Madison Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Mission Canyon Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Nisku Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Forks Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depositionalHistory | formed by subsidence of the North American craton ⓘ |
| discoveredAsOilProvince | early 20th century ⓘ |
| economicImportance | major onshore oil-producing region in North America ⓘ |
| extendsInto |
Manitoba
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ North Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ Saskatchewan NERFINISHED ⓘ South Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicAge |
Mesozoic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paleozoic ⓘ |
| hydrocarbonSystem |
Bakken petroleum system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madison petroleum system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bakken Formation hydrocarbons
ⓘ
natural gas production ⓘ oil production ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North America
ⓘ
Western Canada Sedimentary Basin region NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorProductionTechnology |
horizontal drilling
ⓘ
hydraulic fracturing ⓘ |
| partOf | cratonic interior of North America ⓘ |
| peakDevelopmentPhase | post-2000 Bakken shale boom ⓘ |
| resourceType |
conventional oil
ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ potash ⓘ salt ⓘ unconventional tight oil ⓘ |
| shape | roughly oval to circular subsiding basin ⓘ |
| stratigraphy | thick Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary sequence ⓘ |
| structuralType | broad intracratonic basin ⓘ |
| underlies | parts of the northern Great Plains ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Williston Basin oil-producing region
this entity surface form:
Williston Basin Paleocene units