13 Oct '12, 4pm

#peakoil Huge Oil Shale Discovery in Oklahoma: Continental Resources Inc. unveiled its newest oil field with a r...

#peakoil Huge Oil Shale Discovery in Oklahoma: Continental Resources Inc. unveiled its newest oil field with a r...

Stark explains in part how the discovery was made, “Technology transfer is a huge part of this business right now. We’re accessing what were once considered just source rock. To be able to do that takes technology. Anything we learn on one resource play can be transferred to the next play. There’s always some adjustment here and there, but the bottom line is the technology we have perfected in the Bakken is directly transferable to what we’re doing here in the Woodford.”

Full article: http://peakoil.com/geology/huge-oil-shale-discovery-in-ok...

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