Shale Exploration LLC (Shale) is a Fort Worth, Texas and Scobey, Montana based independent oil and gas exploration and Production Company.

Shale was formed by Orion Resources, Inc. to capitalize on the Bakken Shale Oil development opportunities in North Dakota and Montana. Shale Exploration has assembled a notable team of management and technical consultants with over 100 years combined experience in the oil and gas exploration industry. **Shale is keenly focused on the development of core holdings in Montana. **Shale's Bakken-Three Forks Prospect reflects Shale's long term commitment to Development of Daniels County, Montana, S...

Shale was formed by Orion Resources, Inc. to capitalize on the Bakken Shale Oil development opportunities in North Dakota and Montana. Shale Exploration has assembled a notable team of management and technical consultants with over 100 years combined experience in the oil and gas exploration industry. **Shale is keenly focused on the development of core holdings in Montana. **Shale's Bakken-Three Forks Prospect reflects Shale's long term commitment to Development of Daniels County, Montana, Sheridan County, Montana and Roosevelt County, Montana. PROVEN SUCCESS: Shale Exploration's founders have drilled with a 70% success rate and discovered over 100 billion cubic feet of gas equivalent from this data in the recent past. TECHNICAL STAFF SUCCESS **Management team has over 120 years of combined experience **Experience from the likes of Exxon, Mobil and Tenneco **Have been together as a team for almost 10 years with nearly $80 million invested in developing the program *** (above figure reflects as of 2010, that number is projected to vastly expand in 2011) **Over a 70% success rate exploring on the 2D data set ** Combined discoveries totaling over 1 TCFGE credited to the management team Shale's Company Differentiators: Shale Management and Leadership. *Shale's Management are extremely proficient at originating, screening, assembling and marketing oil and gas exploration projects and prospects with a track record of nearly 400 BCFGE in discoveries either directly generated or as part of a team (the aforementioned does not taken into account Shale's principals track record). *Shale's Management are adept at coordinating the efforts of a multidisciplinary pursuits and forging an effective exploration effort, many of our manager have opened district offices, founded independent companies and managed company exploration programs. *Shale's managers have definitive technical areas of expertise that diversely cover a range of trends across, multiple oil and gas plays and areas including, the Bakken Shale, Williston Basin, Barnett Shale, Eagle Ford Shale, Texas Gulf Coast and South Louisiana. *****For more information on Shale Exploration & Shale Explorations: Montana Operations, North Dakota Operations, Texas Operations, Louisiana Operations, please contact us, Attn: Communications Department, [email protected]