
20110824_AirBak_3539 Lake Sakakawea is backdrop for a horizontal bakken oil well.

20110824_AirBak_3536 A drilling rig seeks unconventional bakken oil and gas in the North Dakota badlands.

20110824_AirBak_3546 A horizontal drilling rig searches for bakken shale oil, North Dakota badlands.

20110824_AirBak_9694 Access road leads to a rig drilling for bakken oil and gas in North Dakota.

20110824_AirBak_9706 A drilling rig searches for bakken oil and gas in the North Dakota badlands.

20110824_AirBak_9716 A rig drills an unconventional bakken oil and gas well in the badlands.

20110824_AirBak_9685 Access road leads to a rig drilling for bakken crude oil.

ConRes_7309 A scenic barn frames a drilling rig making a horizontal Bakken oil and gas well.

ConRes_7307 A scenic barns frame a rig drilling an unconventional Bakken oil and gas well.

ConRes_7306 A scenic barn frames a drilling rig on a horizontal Bakken oil and gas well.

Cont_8409 Rig drilling a horizontal Bakken well reflects in a North Dakota pond.

Cont_8403 A rig drilling a horizontal Bakken well reflects in a pond.

Cont_8413 A duck pond reflects rig drilling a horizontal Bakken oil and gas well.

Cont_8401 Rig drilling a horizontal Bakken oil and gas well reflects in a pond.

20100715_EOGBak_8545 Blue sky and production tanks are the setting for a Bakken oil well.

20100716_EOGBak_9301 Drilling a Bakken oil and gas well at sunset.

20100716_EOGBak_1511 A pair of rigs drilling horizontal Bakken wells at sunset.

20100716_EOGBak_1515 A pair of rigs drilling horizontal Bakken wells at sunset.

20100716_EOGBak_1530 A North Dakota rig drills a horizontal Bakken well at sunset

20100715_EOGBak_1461 Drilling a Bakken oil and gas well under summer skies.

20100715_EOGbak_1402 Abandoned school and grain bin frame a North Dakota oil and gas drilling rig.

20100715_EOGbak_1404 Abandoned school and tractor frame a North Dakota drilling rig.

20100715_OasBak_1444 North Dakota farm yard with drilling rig in background.

20100715_OasBak_1445 North Dakota farm yard with drilling rig in background.

20110720_FidBak_2241 A farmer rakes hay while a rig drills a horizontal Bakken oil well.

20110720_FidBak_2267 North Dakota pump jack and drilling rig on a Bakken oil and gas well.

20110720_FidBak_2257 Hay bales, pump jack and drilling rig on a Bakken oil and gas well.

20110720_FidBak_2266 pump jack and drilling rig on a Bakken unconventional oil and gas well.

20110720_FidBak_2259 Pump jack and drilling rig on Williston basin Bakken wells.

20110720_FidBak_2250 North Dakota pump jack and drilling rig on Bakken oil wells.

20110723_OasBak_2538 Drilling a Bakken well surrounded by bales of alfalfa.

20110723_OasBak_2539 A rig drilling a Bakken well surrounded by bales of alfalfa.

20110822_EOG_Bak_2806 A bird soars above a rig drilling a horizontal Bakken well.

20110822_EOG_Bak_2811 Horizontal Bakken oil well being drilled near Mandaree, ND.

20110824_AirBak_4333. Bakken well drilling just north of New Town, ND.