of course, the williston basin covers parts of north dakota, montana and extends into canada as well. the last agency study was completed in 2008, and it indicated that there are 3.5 billion to 4 billion barrels of recoverable oil in the balkan shale formation which is in the williston basin. 3.5 billion to 4 billion barrels of oil recoverable. now, industry scientists and engineers, however, who are working out in the wilson basin right now feel that that figure is low and that the reality in terms of recoverable oil reserves in the williston basin is much, much higher. that's why we're asking the u.s. geological survey to come out and do a reassess many. if they're right, the results will attract tens of millions of dollars in new investment to the region, creating fuel at lower prices for american consumers. more jobs in this country, more jobs in our state, in montana. more jobs for our country. also, it will help us develop infrastructure and sustain economic growth throughout the region. now, in north dakota, we have focused on creating more energy, more oil and gas, other types

well over the past twenty years two russian aerobatic teams have been wowing crowds worldwide williston's slicing through the clouds in celebration of the milestone all these countries are of a watch the show in the moscow region. this is truly a spectacular site one of the most famous aerobatic teams in the world in the sky dealing with exactly what they're famous for of the russian swifts are in the sky today to celebrate their twentieth anniversary and that is why they have taken their make twenty nine up over their home base just outside the russian capital and thousands of people have gathered here to watch them perform their amazing aerobatics dance with skills and grace that have made them famous all over the world the barrel rolls the loop with loops oval sounds and many many more are exactly what this team of skilled men is performing up in the sky and yet another famous russian aerobatic team the russian knights or also celebrating their twentieth anniversary this year are known all over the world for performing a stunt that no other team has ever accomplished but they're flying

basin to market, and we also developed a program at williston state college to train workers at oil production and recovery methods. up until that time, we had to send our workers to states like colorado or wyoming or maybe oklahoma for that education and training in oil field technologies and sometimes they dent always come back to our state so we established that training there at home. as a result of our advanced business environment, we drew investment capital technology and ingenuity to the williston basin and those unlocked the potential was not only the bakken formation but also the three forks formation. this year north dakota will produce more than 120 million barrels of oil, the fourth most amongst all 50 states, and we've passed up states now like oklahoma and louisiana, and our production continues to grow. what's more, private investment that funded did deployed those new technologies to produce more oil more cos cost-effectively ad more dependably also funded the deployment -- the development and deployment of new technologies that helped us produce that oil and gas in