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Special Section<br />
Bruce Hicks, assistant director of the North<br />
Dakota Department of Mineral Resources’<br />
Oil and Gas Division, spoke about<br />
multi-wall pads, spacing units and future<br />
development of energy corridors.<br />
Highlights from The Bakken/<br />
Three Forks Shale Oil<br />
Innovation Conference & Expo<br />
Conference & Expo<br />
Explains Significant<br />
Technology, Research<br />
and Strategies<br />
By Luke Geiver<br />
The Bakken/Three Forks Shale Oil Innovation Conference & Expo brought together<br />
oil and gas industry experts to discuss proven and future technologies,<br />
strategies and research work responsible for maintaining and increasing energy<br />
production from the Williston Basin. The two-day event, which was held February<br />
10 to 12, 2014 at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, ND, was organized<br />
in collaboration with the University of North Dakota’s College of Engineering & Mines, the<br />
Department of Petroleum Engineering and the Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological<br />
Engineering.<br />
During the two-day event, attendees from 41 states and five Canadian provinces listened to<br />
presentations on well completion designs, drilling strategies, federal and local policy, frack water<br />
recycling technologies and updates on pipelines, refineries and other infrastructure.<br />
BASIN BITS | Spring 2014 39
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