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“Perspectives on Montana’s Petroleum Industry” MREA-MPA-MONTAX “Bridges to the Future” Conference October 15, 2009 Dave Ballard President Ballard Petroleum Holdings LLC Billings, Montana. Presentation Overview. Industry Overview and Economic Contribution Meet the Producers
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“Perspectives on Montana’s Petroleum Industry”MREA-MPA-MONTAX“Bridges to the Future” ConferenceOctober 15, 2009 Dave BallardPresidentBallard Petroleum Holdings LLCBillings, Montana
Presentation Overview • Industry Overview and Economic Contribution • Meet the Producers • Producing Areas and Trends • Geologic Elements of an Oil Field • Regional Geology • Field Examples and the Technology of Discovery and Production • Have We Reached Peak Production?
Field Examples and the Technology of Discovery and Production • Surface Geologic Mapping • Subsurface Geologic Mapping • Seismic Mapping • Shallow “Tight” Gas Frac Stimulation • Horizontal Drilling and Frac Stimulation • Waterflood Enhanced Oil Recovery • CO2 Flood Enhanced Oil Recovery • Sensitive Environment Operations
Sensitive Environment Operations TechnologyThe Western Montana Folded Belt Reclaimed Well Site Rocky Mountain Front Well Site Reclaimed After One Year
WESTERN MONTANA FOLDED BELTSHOWING OIL & GAS FIELDS,NATIONAL FORESTS, WILDERNESS,AND NATIONAL PARKS Waterton East Glacier Two Medicine Kalispell Knowlton Blackleaf Canyon Great Falls Missoula Helena Bozeman