Montana oil lease sale could mark Bakken expansion


Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

November 14, 2012

BILLINGS, Mont. - A Texas company has bought oil and gas leases on almost 75,000 acres in northeast Montana's McCone County in a move that could portend a significant westward expansion of the Bakken Oil Patch, government officials and a company representative said Wednesday. Talk about this topicread more

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