Contact and containment
Can injected fluid reach oil in the reservoir and remain in the intended area long enough to be useful? Actual pathways and pressure changes require field measurements and reservoir analysis.
A closer look at enhanced oil recovery
The wells.
The process.
The evidence.
Explore how Bakken pilot projects aim to recover more oil from existing wells. Follow the actual well paths, step through an operating concept, and see what the published evidence establishes.
Explore the Durant projectHow to read these views
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Actual surveyed wellbores
Real geometry from the same North Dakota survey snapshot used in the regional viewer.
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Illustrative operating stages
Color and motion explain well roles. They do not show measured flow, pressure, fluid reach, or a live operating state.
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Evidence alongside the model
Read the dated source, the proposed method, and what remains unknown for each project.
Inject→Hold / soak→Produce
One cyclic approach. The steps and participating wells depend on the project.
Project collection
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This is a curated starting collection, not a complete inventory of Bakken EOR activity. A permit, proposal or mapped well does not establish that injection is currently occurring.
The reservoir question
What happens
between the wells?
These views explain the intended mechanisms and the questions each test is designed to answer.
Well-to-well communication
Nearby wells can respond to injection. Geometry helps show the setting, but proximity alone does not prove a connected flow path.
Incremental recovery
A post-injection production increase needs a defensible baseline and a view of the participating wells. The animations are explanations of a process, not forecasts of added barrels.