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UND rock library looks to preserve core of energy industry AMY R. SISK, The Bismarck Tribune May 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A few hours’ drive from the Bakken oil fields lies a treasure trove for geologists: rock from nearly every oil well ever drilled in North Dakota, under one roof. The rock is tucked neatly into cardboard boxes stacked on numerous warehouse storage shelves in the Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library on the University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks. “We’ve got about enough core to lay out from here to Fargo, 85 miles or so,” ...

GRAND FORKS -- A few hours’ drive from the Bakken oil fields lies a treasure trove for geologists: rock from nearly every oil well ever drilled in North Dakota, under one roof. The rock is tucked neatly into cardboard boxes stacked on numerous warehouse storage shelves in the Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library on the University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks. “We’ve got about enough core to lay out from here to Fargo, 85 miles or so,” Director Jeff Bader said. The library is part of the North Dakota Geological Survey and houses two forms of rock: core and dr...