Oil Timeline

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    Oil in North Dakota

  • 1st Oil Well Drilled

  • Named the Bakken Formation

  • 1st Oil Boom Start

  • 1st Oil Boom End

  • 2nd Oil Boom Start

  • 2nd Oil Boom End

  • Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

  • 3rd Oil Boom Start

  • 8th Rank for Oil Production

  • 6th Rank for OIl Production

  • 4th Rank for Oil Production

  • BP Oil Spill

  • Legacy

  • 3rd Rank for Oil Production

  • 2nd Rank for Oil Production

  • Keystone Pipeline Proposed

  • Flaring Legislation

  • Largest Oil Spill on USA Soil

  • Casselton Oil Spill

  • Positive Environmental Impact Statement Released

  • Produce 1 Million Barrels of Oil per day