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  <dc:contributor>Kristen R. Marra</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Stephanie B. Gaswirth</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2013</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;The recent reversal of the declining trend of US oil production is largely due to production from unconventional or "continuous" low-permeability reservoirs by use of multistage hydraulic fracturing of horizontal legs of exploration wells. The US currently produces about 7.4 million bo/d, and the increasing trend in domestic production has led to speculation that the US could become energy independent in oil in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The US still imports an additional 11 million bo/d to meet consumption requirements).1 Critical to the discussion of energy independence are estimates of resources contained in low-porosity and low-permeability (or "tight") continuous oil and gas accumulations, which have formed a critical component of national energy policies in recent years.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>PennWell Corporation</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Bakken, Three Forks largest continuous US oil accumulation</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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