ND oil production up slightly in July
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BISMARCK – North Dakota's oil production showed a slight increase in July when the state produced 1.156 million barrels of oil a day. In June, the state produced 1.154 million barrels of oil a day.
Gunther Harms of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resource and Justin Kringstad, executive director of the N.D. Pipeline Authority, released the most recent oil and gas production numbers Tuesday, Sept. 21. The numbers are normally about two months behind.
The majority of the production - 97.6% - comes from the Bakken/Three Forks formations and about 2.4% non-Bakken production.
In July, the state produced 112.2 billion cubic feet (BCF) of natural gas, with a daily average of 3.621 BCF. In June, the state produced 107.4 BCF, with a daily average of 3.581 BCF.
Thirty-four percent of North Dakota's oil production comes from McKenzie County. The top five counties making up 96% of the state's oil production are McKenzie, Williams, Dunn, Mountrail and Divide. Nationwide, North Dakota is one of the top three oil-producing states, preceded by Texas and New Mexico.
On Tuesday, the price of West Texas Intermediate was $102.54 a barrel.
Currently, 28 rigs were actively working in North Dakota.
The number of completed wells increased from 65 in June and 74 in July to 96 in August.
According to the report, the total number of producing wells is up 111, month over month. Producing wells were at an all-time high of 20,072 in July.
Fort Berthold Reservation produced 153,461 barrels of oil a day in July, a 4.5% decrease from June when the reservation produced 160,651 barrels of oil a day. Currently, no rigs are working on the reservation. The reservation has 3,043 active wells and 146 active permits.
The statewide gas flared volume from June to July increased by 10.8 million cubic feet per day (MMCF/D) to 173.3 MMCF/D. The statewide gas capture decreased slightly to 95.3% while Bakken gas capture decreased to 95.6%, according to the report.