Bismarck, ND-based KLJ Engineering recently completed a study commissioned by the North Dakota legislature to provide decision makers with data about the Bakken’s potential economic impact on the state through 2019. The full KLJ report , released in September of 2014, focused on 19 oil & gas producing counties in North Dakota, and incorporated three approaches to forecast the sustainability of oil and gas production: Economic analysis of the Bakken and Three Forks formation Projections of population, employment and housing needs Potential for CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) Of particular interest to industry is the impact of falling oil prices on future development. Earlier this month, Lynn Helms, the Dir. of North Dakota’s Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), said two things could hurt production: low oil prices and new flaring regulations. Read more : Bakken Development Threats on the Horizon The KLJ study provided some interesting […]