Social media posts claim untapped oil reserves in an area of the US and Canada exceed those in Saudi Arabia and other major oil-producing nations. This is false; official US government estimates for the Williston Basin region where drilling has occurred for years are 5.8 billion barrels, compared with an estimated 267 billion for Saudi Arabia alone.
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