Comments on: First North Dakota Oil Well

By: MRP 134: Overview of the Williston Basin and Bakken Shale – The Mineral Rights Podcast

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:41:06 +0000

[…] Petroleum drilled the first commercial oil well, the Clarence Iverson No. 1 Well, approximately 50 miles from Willisto… which launched the first drilling boom in the Williston Basin. In fact, within two months of this […]

By: Crude Technology | The Tech Ranch

Crude Technology | The Tech Ranch — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 21:33:59 +0000

[…] Historically, the oil industry has been active in North Dakota since the 1920s. After years of studying the land in western North Dakota, oil was finally “hit” in the 1950s on a wheat farm near Dickinson. Up until that time, geologists in North Dakota were certain there was oil available for drilling. Ron Ness explains that 360 million years ago, North Dakota was a shallow sea bed, with temperatures like those similar to present day Costa Rico. Over a period of millions of years, Mr. Ness says that the results of natural evolution has provided today’s present day oil boom in the state, also known as the Bakken. […]

By: 14 Facts About ND's Oil Boom - The Spectrum

14 Facts About ND's Oil Boom - The Spectrum — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:35:43 +0000

[…] was discovered in North Dakota in spring 1951. Two oil booms in the 1950s and ’80s preceded the 2000s’ […]

By: Clarence A. Herz

Clarence A. Herz — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:05:00 +0000

In reply to David Laird. Your father was instrumental in the success of Amerada in the discovery of oil. He worked tirelessly as companies drilled throughout he state, ensuring the passage of important legislation, communicating with drilling companies, and supporting the early industry in anyway he could. He did a tremendous job.

By: David Laird

David Laird — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:12:00 +0000

I found this an interesting article as it condenses many of the things my father, Dr. Wilson M Laird, told us about the development of oil in North Dakota. He was there at the time of the development and many years after. He told us that there was more oil there but we couldn’t get to it with then current technology. He died too soon to see what has become of oil in ND. I have been told that many of the oil companies use the cores in the Core and Sample Library at UND.

By: Tom Isern

Tom Isern — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 12:07:00 +0000

I’m happy to note that this research by Clarence Herz was part of his master’s degree in History at North Dakota State University, where he now is pursuing his PhD. Well done, Clarence!