Eco-Trade Corp. Begins Negotiations with Private Company to Purchase a Bakken-Based Prospect in Montana

Montana is home to a large portion of the Bakken Shale formation, which is estimated to hold up to 4.3 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil (SOURCE: USGS)

GREAT FALLS, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eco-Trade Corp. (OTCQB:BOPT), announced today that it has begun negotiations with a private group to purchase certain oil and gas assets in the Montana Bakken Formation.

The Bakken Shale formation is a rich oil and natural gas play located within the Williston Basin that extends for 200,000 square miles, covering parts of Montana, North Dakota, and Saskatchewan. Montana's Elm Coulee Oil Field, located in Richland County, is the site of the greatest Bakken Shale oil production.

The most recent find in the Bakken Shale region is the Three Forks Formation, which underlies the Bakken Zone and is separated by the Sanish Formation. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates the production from the Bakken/Three Forks formations to grow from 350,000 barrels per day to 700,000 barrels per day in the next 4 to 7 years (SOURCE: DOE).

While management believes that these discussions may conclude successfully with an agreement, there can be no guarantee of success.

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