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There are at least 45 named oil fields in Montana according to the U.S. Geological Survey, Board of Geographic Names. The USGS defines oil field as: "Area where petroleum is or was removed from the Earth." [1] An oil field is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (crude oil) from below ground.
The field is a stratigraphic trap. [6] Oil production from Montana and Elm Coulee Oil Field through 2005 Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation. In 2006, Elm Coulee was producing about 53,000 barrels (8,400 m 3) of oil per day from more than 350 wells.
Cat Creek Oil Field (1921) The Cat Creek Oil Field is located near the community of Cat Creek in Petroleum and Garfield counties in the U.S. state of Montana.The geological terminology used by Bowen, the geologist, to define the geological structure of Cat Creek in 1914 was Cat Creek Anticline.
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Central Montana Alkalic Province became popularized in the oil industry in the early 1900s. The Ohio Oil Company was the first company to create a permanent oil field in central Montana. [12] This was accomplished by exploring the Elk Basin from Wyoming into central Montana.
The 2000 discovery of the Elm Coulee Oil Field, Richland County, Montana, where production is expected to ultimately total 270 million barrels (43,000,000 m 3), drew a great deal of attention to the trend where oil was trapped along the Bakken pinchout.
In late 1919, the Frantz Corporation began oil exploration on a creek near Winnett, Montana, flowing into the Musselshell River. [N 3] [19] The first major commercial oil field discovery in Montana was at the West Dome of the Cat Creek field, Eastern Fergus County, at a depth of 1,015 feet (309 m). [20]
The basin did not become a major oil province until the 1950s when large fields were discovered in North Dakota. Amerada Corporation began the search in 1946. After four years of testing and mapping they started drilling at a promising lease 30 miles north-east of Williston, North Dakota , and on April 4, 1951, discovered oil on the Nesson ...