Billy, Kyle, and Reece's Timeline By bhuber_2 Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Jan 1, 2015 Oil in North Dakota Apr 4, 1951 1st Oil Well Drilled Jan 1, 1953 Named the Bakken Jan 1, 1954 First Oil Boom Start Jan 1, 1970 First Oil Boom End Jan 1, 1978 Second Oil Boom Start Jan 1, 1987 Second Oil Boom End Mar 24, 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Feb 9, 2005 Keystone Pipeline Proposed Jan 1, 2008 8th Rank for Oil Production Jan 1, 2008 Third Oil Boom Jan 1, 2008 6th Rank for Oil Production Jan 1, 2009 4th Rank for Oil Production Apr 20, 2010 BP Oil Spill Jan 1, 2011 Legacy Fund Dec 1, 2011 3rd Rank for Oil Production May 15, 2012 2nd Rank in Oil Production Sep 29, 2013 Largest Oil Spill on US Soil Dec 30, 2013 Casselton Oil Spill Jan 31, 2014 Possitive Environmental Impact Statement Released Mar 5, 2014 Flaring Legislation Apr 1, 2014 Produce 1 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day