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Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
1953 12 5429 175 1 5429 175
1954 1 7755 250 1 7755 250
1954 2 7686 274 1 7686 274
1954 3 5482 177 1 5482 177
1954 4 5515 184 1 5515 184
1954 5 5047 163 1 5047 163
1954 6 5360 179 1 5360 179
1954 7 5767 186 1 5767 186
1954 8 5254 169 1 5254 169
1954 9 4622 154 1 4622 154
1954 10 6171 199 1 6171 199
1954 11 6809 227 2 3404 114
1954 12 6784 219 2 3392 110
1955 1 6754 218 2 3377 109
1955 2 6829 244 2 3414 122
1955 3 7123 230 3 2374 77
1955 4 7307 244 3 2436 81
1955 5 7305 236 3 2435 79
1955 6 8281 276 3 2760 92
1955 7 9240 298 4 2310 74
1955 8 13516 436 4 3379 109
1955 9 9514 317 4 2378 79
1955 10 9046 292 4 2262 73
1955 11 12038 401 4 3010 100
1955 12 11433 369 4 2858 92
1956 1 10754 347 4 2688 87
1956 2 10368 358 4 2592 90
1956 3 10556 341 4 2639 85
1956 4 9542 318 4 2386 80
1956 5 8284 267 4 2071 67
1956 6 8521 284 4 2130 71
1956 7 9494 306 4 2374 76
1956 8 9653 311 4 2413 78
1956 9 14152 472 5 2830 94
1956 10 11286 364 5 2257 73
1956 11 15020 501 5 3004 100
1956 12 15709 507 6 2618 84
1957 1 14158 457 6 2360 76
1957 2 12304 439 7 1758 63
1957 3 13213 426 7 1888 61
1957 4 10409 347 8 1301 43
1957 5 19419 626 8 2427 78
1957 6 15003 500 8 1875 62
1957 7 13096 422 8 1637 53
1957 8 12457 402 8 1557 50
1957 9 13649 455 10 1365 46
1957 10 16522 533 11 1502 48
1957 11 25062 835 13 1928 64
1957 12 36375 1173 15 2425 78
1958 1 39066 1260 14 2790 90
1958 2 37119 1326 16 2320 83
1958 3 45844 1479 17 2697 87
* Includes Bakken, Sanish, Three Forks,
and Bakken/Three Forks Pools Page 1 of 16
ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics
Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
1958 4 43367 1446 19 2282 76
1958 5 49324 1591 20 2466 80
1958 6 59006 1967 20 2950 98
1958 7 54223 1749 20 2711 87
1958 8 56391 1819 20 2820 91
1958 9 28417 947 20 1421 47
1958 10 22891 738 21 1090 35
1958 11 47060 1569 22 2139 71
1958 12 61553 1986 22 2798 90
1959 1 71819 2317 24 2992 97
1959 2 58302 2082 24 2429 87
1959 3 74102 2390 25 2964 96
1959 4 61398 2047 26 2361 79
1959 5 51087 1648 25 2043 66
1959 6 60677 2023 28 2167 72
1959 7 66588 2148 31 2148 69
1959 8 73258 2363 31 2363 76
1959 9 79342 2645 32 2479 83
1959 10 53138 1714 32 1661 54
1959 11 67407 2247 32 2106 70
1959 12 88802 2865 32 2775 90
1960 1 84869 2738 32 2652 86
1960 2 69081 2382 32 2159 74
1960 3 72309 2333 32 2260 73
1960 4 76251 2542 33 2311 77
1960 5 57629 1859 33 1746 56
1960 6 77520 2584 33 2349 78
1960 7 85504 2758 33 2591 84
1960 8 88565 2857 33 2684 87
1960 9 73635 2454 33 2231 74
1960 10 71530 2307 33 2168 70
1960 11 67714 2257 32 2116 71
1960 12 83628 2698 33 2534 82
1961 1 74984 2419 33 2272 73
1961 2 71027 2537 33 2152 77
1961 3 79806 2574 33 2418 78
1961 4 57501 1917 33 1742 58
1961 5 39872 1286 33 1208 39
1961 6 59196 1973 33 1794 60
1961 7 72074 2325 34 2120 68
1961 8 78492 2532 34 2309 74
1961 9 76061 2535 34 2237 75
1961 10 71434 2304 34 2101 68
1961 11 75447 2515 34 2219 74
1961 12 81404 2626 34 2394 77
1962 1 83232 2685 34 2448 79
1962 2 72161 2577 34 2122 76
1962 3 75786 2445 34 2229 72
1962 4 69692 2323 34 2050 68
1962 5 70703 2281 34 2080 67
1962 6 66061 2202 33 2002 67
1962 7 74752 2411 33 2265 73
* Includes Bakken, Sanish, Three Forks,
and Bakken/Three Forks Pools Page 2 of 16
ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics
Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
1962 8 62708 2023 33 1900 61
1962 9 47758 1592 35 1365 45
1962 10 70913 2288 34 2086 67
1962 11 68849 2295 34 2025 68
1962 12 81360 2625 34 2393 77
1963 1 70181 2264 34 2064 67
1963 2 61678 2203 34 1814 65
1963 3 64503 2081 34 1897 61
1963 4 58828 1961 34 1730 58
1963 5 48105 1552 34 1415 46
1963 6 29687 990 34 873 29
1963 7 60161 1941 34 1769 57
1963 8 68730 2217 34 2021 65
1963 9 65246 2175 34 1919 64
1963 10 64873 2093 34 1908 62
1963 11 66208 2207 34 1947 65
1963 12 73705 2378 34 2168 70
1964 1 75261 2428 35 2150 69
1964 2 73078 2520 35 2088 72
1964 3 67316 2171 35 1923 62
1964 4 52424 1747 34 1542 51
1964 5 37227 1201 34 1095 35
1964 6 56239 1875 33 1704 57
1964 7 77293 2493 34 2273 73
1964 8 75447 2434 34 2219 72
1964 9 71177 2373 33 2157 72
1964 10 70806 2284 33 2146 69
1964 11 61646 2055 33 1868 62
1964 12 68744 2218 33 2083 67
1965 1 73235 2362 33 2219 72
1965 2 60440 2159 33 1832 65
1965 3 67787 2187 33 2054 66
1965 4 78977 2633 33 2393 80
1965 5 78526 2533 33 2380 77
1965 6 56842 1895 33 1722 57
1965 7 69554 2244 32 2174 70
1965 8 69138 2230 33 2095 68
1965 9 35448 1182 30 1182 39
1965 10 30157 973 30 1005 32
1965 11 68331 2278 30 2278 76
1965 12 79616 2568 31 2568 83
1966 1 77016 2484 30 2567 83
1966 2 83904 2997 32 2622 94
1966 3 91523 2952 32 2860 92
1966 4 57120 1904 32 1785 60
1966 5 59633 1924 33 1807 58
1966 6 83265 2776 32 2602 87
1966 7 94339 3043 33 2859 92
1966 8 100007 3226 32 3125 101
1966 9 100478 3349 32 3140 105
1966 10 109243 3524 34 3213 104
1966 11 93722 3124 32 2929 98
* Includes Bakken, Sanish, Three Forks,
and Bakken/Three Forks Pools Page 3 of 16
ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics
Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
1966 12 106755 3444 34 3140 101
1967 1 92246 2976 35 2636 85
1967 2 78478 2803 35 2242 80
1967 3 76941 2482 35 2198 71
1967 4 72985 2433 34 2147 72
1967 5 48664 1570 35 1390 45
1967 6 69724 2324 34 2051 68
1967 7 79011 2549 34 2324 75
1967 8 62136 2004 34 1828 59
1967 9 59842 1995 36 1662 55
1967 10 74818 2413 35 2138 69
1967 11 62627 2088 36 1740 58
1967 12 60060 1937 35 1716 55
1968 1 54533 1759 35 1558 50
1968 2 48481 1672 36 1347 46
1968 3 49430 1595 36 1373 44
1968 4 43105 1437 33 1306 44
1968 5 42079 1357 34 1238 40
1968 6 40784 1359 35 1165 39
1968 7 37294 1203 32 1165 38
1968 8 35984 1161 34 1058 34
1968 9 34908 1164 29 1204 40
1968 10 28467 918 30 949 31
1968 11 26861 895 29 926 31
1968 12 28192 909 27 1044 34
1969 1 27815 897 25 1113 36
1969 2 25172 899 26 968 35
1969 3 29822 962 25 1193 38
1969 4 29112 970 26 1120 37
1969 5 22230 717 25 889 29
1969 6 23220 774 25 929 31
1969 7 23424 756 23 1018 33
1969 8 26908 868 23 1170 38
1969 9 25976 866 23 1129 38
1969 10 24736 798 23 1075 35
1969 11 23699 790 24 987 33
1969 12 24592 793 23 1069 34
1970 1 22772 735 23 990 32
1970 2 20319 726 22 924 33
1970 3 22503 726 22 1023 33
1970 4 20360 679 22 925 31
1970 5 19826 640 21 944 30
1970 6 19379 646 21 923 31
1970 7 18530 598 21 882 28
1970 8 15717 507 21 748 24
1970 9 15050 502 20 752 25
1970 10 16182 522 20 809 26
1970 11 15014 500 20 751 25
1970 12 12457 402 20 623 20
1971 1 11615 375 17 683 22
1971 2 10342 369 17 608 22
1971 3 13336 430 17 784 25
* Includes Bakken, Sanish, Three Forks,
and Bakken/Three Forks Pools Page 4 of 16
ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics
Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
1971 4 14169 472 17 833 28
1971 5 13637 440 17 802 26
1971 6 12595 420 17 741 25
1971 7 12196 393 16 762 25
1971 8 11897 384 15 793 26
1971 9 11112 370 15 741 25
1971 10 11728 378 14 838 27
1971 11 11399 380 15 760 25
1971 12 12001 387 14 857 28
1972 1 11343 366 15 756 24
1972 2 11352 391 15 757 26
1972 3 12307 397 15 820 26
1972 4 11786 393 13 907 30
1972 5 11803 381 13 908 29
1972 6 11068 369 13 851 28
1972 7 11701 377 13 900 29
1972 8 10132 327 14 724 23
1972 9 11562 385 13 889 30
1972 10 11610 375 14 829 27
1972 11 10487 350 13 807 27
1972 12 12287 396 14 878 28
1973 1 11225 362 14 802 26
1973 2 10250 366 14 732 26
1973 3 10942 353 14 782 25
1973 4 11099 370 14 793 26
1973 5 11615 375 14 830 27
1973 6 10914 364 14 780 26
1973 7 10684 345 14 763 25
1973 8 10504 339 14 750 24
1973 9 10820 361 14 773 26
1973 10 10065 325 14 719 23
1973 11 9655 322 14 690 23
1973 12 9252 298 14 661 21
1974 1 10687 345 14 763 25
1974 2 9961 356 13 766 27
1974 3 11181 361 13 860 28
1974 4 11430 381 13 879 29
1974 5 10651 344 13 819 26
1974 6 9494 316 12 791 26
1974 7 9360 302 13 720 23
1974 8 8519 275 12 710 23
1974 9 8258 275 12 688 23
1974 10 8141 263 11 740 24
1974 11 8132 271 12 678 23
1974 12 9540 308 13 734 24
1975 1 9847 318 13 757 24
1975 2 9150 327 13 704 25
1975 3 9120 294 11 829 27
1975 4 7105 237 13 547 18
1975 5 8712 281 12 726 23
1975 6 7834 261 13 603 20
1975 7 8533 275 13 656 21
* Includes Bakken, Sanish, Three Forks,
and Bakken/Three Forks Pools Page 5 of 16
ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics
Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
1975 8 9058 292 14 647 21
1975 9 10846 362 14 775 26
1975 10 10991 355 14 785 25
1975 11 11017 367 14 787 26
1975 12 10406 336 14 743 24
1976 1 9613 310 12 801 26
1976 2 9373 323 12 781 27
1976 3 8228 265 13 633 20
1976 4 9090 303 14 649 22
1976 5 9343 301 14 667 22
1976 6 9043 301 14 646 22
1976 7 10601 342 13 815 26
1976 8 10445 337 13 803 26
1976 9 10036 335 14 717 24
1976 10 10922 352 14 780 25
1976 11 8203 273 13 631 21
1976 12 8119 262 13 625 20
1977 1 6063 196 10 606 20
1977 2 8870 317 12 739 26
1977 3 8704 281 12 725 23
1977 4 11416 381 13 878 29
1977 5 10691 345 12 891 29
1977 6 10025 334 12 835 28
1977 7 11624 375 14 830 27
1977 8 12949 418 14 925 30
1977 9 11072 369 14 791 26
1977 10 11894 384 14 850 27
1977 11 8164 272 14 583 19
1977 12 8655 279 13 666 21
1978 1 9651 311 14 689 22
1978 2 8910 318 13 685 24
1978 3 11670 376 14 834 27
1978 4 9787 326 13 753 25
1978 5 12098 390 13 931 30
1978 6 13318 444 13 1024 34
1978 7 11849 382 13 911 29
1978 8 11591 374 13 892 29
1978 9 10898 363 13 838 28
1978 10 11462 370 14 819 26
1978 11 11031 368 13 849 28
1978 12 11122 359 13 856 28
1979 1 9664 312 13 743 24
1979 2 8614 308 13 663 24
1979 3 12424 401 14 887 29
1979 4 11539 385 14 824 28
1979 5 10853 350 14 775 25
1979 6 12123 404 14 866 29
1979 7 12331 398 14 881 28
1979 8 11764 379 14 840 27
1979 9 12969 432 14 926 31
1979 10 14358 463 17 845 27
1979 11 15386 513 17 905 30
* Includes Bakken, Sanish, Three Forks,
and Bakken/Three Forks Pools Page 6 of 16
ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics
Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
1979 12 13951 450 17 821 26
1980 1 14214 459 17 836 27
1980 2 13686 472 17 805 28
1980 3 14436 466 18 802 26
1980 4 14016 467 19 738 25
1980 5 17250 556 20 862 28
1980 6 14501 483 19 763 25
1980 7 13135 424 19 691 22
1980 8 13552 437 20 678 22
1980 9 15561 519 22 707 24
1980 10 15629 504 22 710 23
1980 11 17951 598 22 816 27
1980 12 18058 583 21 860 28
1981 1 21518 694 23 936 30
1981 2 20915 747 24 871 31
1981 3 24470 789 25 979 32
1981 4 25824 861 27 956 32
1981 5 29586 954 31 954 31
1981 6 24873 829 29 858 29
1981 7 28007 903 33 849 27
1981 8 30077 970 35 859 28
1981 9 33909 1130 34 997 33
1981 10 34436 1111 34 1013 33
1981 11 31310 1044 36 870 29
1981 12 33968 1096 38 894 29
1982 1 34089 1100 38 897 29
1982 2 35027 1251 42 834 30
1982 3 39456 1273 48 822 27
1982 4 42175 1406 52 811 27
1982 5 39867 1286 49 814 26
1982 6 43268 1442 51 848 28
1982 7 46136 1488 52 887 29
1982 8 58905 1900 58 1016 33
1982 9 57324 1911 57 1006 34
1982 10 57802 1865 56 1032 33
1982 11 59650 1988 59 1011 34
1982 12 63266 2041 61 1037 33
1983 1 61579 1986 60 1026 33
1983 2 62003 2214 63 984 35
1983 3 66517 2146 62 1073 35
1983 4 72262 2409 61 1185 39
1983 5 73945 2385 62 1193 38
1983 6 72625 2421 63 1153 38
1983 7 71365 2302 61 1170 38
1983 8 75736 2443 60 1262 41
1983 9 72236 2408 59 1224 41
1983 10 77712 2507 60 1295 42
1983 11 73326 2444 60 1222 41
1983 12 72225 2330 60 1204 39
1984 1 72723 2346 61 1192 38
1984 2 67899 2341 65 1045 36
1984 3 77758 2508 65 1196 39
* Includes Bakken, Sanish, Three Forks,
and Bakken/Three Forks Pools Page 7 of 16
ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics
Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
1984 4 75276 2509 67 1124 37
1984 5 77084 2487 67 1151 37
1984 6 68957 2299 69 999 33
1984 7 78301 2526 70 1119 36
1984 8 74709 2410 68 1099 35
1984 9 85751 2858 72 1191 40
1984 10 90119 2907 74 1218 39
1984 11 88809 2960 73 1217 41
1984 12 98315 3171 76 1294 42
1985 1 94707 3055 74 1280 41
1985 2 84787 3028 75 1130 40
1985 3 88510 2855 74 1196 39
1985 4 89718 2991 75 1196 40
1985 5 89967 2902 74 1216 39
1985 6 87355 2912 75 1165 39
1985 7 90959 2934 75 1213 39
1985 8 95819 3091 77 1244 40
1985 9 92590 3086 75 1235 41
1985 10 94372 3044 75 1258 41
1985 11 84125 2804 76 1107 37
1985 12 93730 3024 79 1186 38
1986 1 92573 2986 77 1202 39
1986 2 81356 2906 77 1057 38
1986 3 98967 3192 79 1253 40
1986 4 93524 3117 78 1199 40
1986 5 91034 2937 81 1124 36
1986 6 88871 2962 79 1125 37
1986 7 89817 2897 79 1137 37
1986 8 86610 2794 80 1083 35
1986 9 83893 2796 80 1049 35
1986 10 86838 2801 81 1072 35
1986 11 82982 2766 82 1012 34
1986 12 89709 2894 82 1094 35
1987 1 91628 2956 82 1117 36
1987 2 79541 2841 82 970 35
1987 3 91308 2945 85 1074 35
1987 4 89927 2998 86 1046 35
1987 5 92588 2987 85 1089 35
1987 6 89074 2969 87 1024 34
1987 7 87941 2837 87 1011 33
1987 8 86140 2779 86 1002 32
1987 9 87217 2907 89 980 33
1987 10 90005 2903 89 1011 33
1987 11 82581 2753 90 918 31
1987 12 90868 2931 89 1021 33
1988 1 92868 2996 89 1043 34
1988 2 92356 3185 89 1038 36
1988 3 94000 3032 90 1044 34
1988 4 94600 3153 90 1051 35
1988 5 102939 3321 92 1119 36
1988 6 112705 3757 97 1162 39
1988 7 121669 3925 93 1308 42
* Includes Bakken, Sanish, Three Forks,
and Bakken/Three Forks Pools Page 8 of 16
ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics
Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
1988 8 121755 3928 93 1309 42
1988 9 129263 4309 95 1361 45
1988 10 132469 4273 96 1380 45
1988 11 120272 4009 97 1240 41
1988 12 133540 4308 99 1349 44
1989 1 141544 4566 103 1374 44
1989 2 129583 4628 103 1258 45
1989 3 146057 4712 105 1391 45
1989 4 137264 4575 109 1259 42
1989 5 151552 4889 108 1403 45
1989 6 138572 4619 108 1283 43
1989 7 159283 5138 111 1435 46
1989 8 159701 5152 114 1401 45
1989 9 181630 6054 119 1526 51
1989 10 201748 6508 126 1601 52
1989 11 221889 7396 128 1734 58
1989 12 233339 7527 131 1781 57
1990 1 234726 7572 132 1778 57
1990 2 231489 8267 142 1630 58
1990 3 276294 8913 145 1905 61
1990 4 264767 8826 151 1753 58
1990 5 287873 9286 158 1822 59
1990 6 309311 10310 161 1921 64
1990 7 331235 10685 168 1972 64
1990 8 341513 11017 174 1963 63
1990 9 333754 11125 186 1794 60
1990 10 347685 11216 186 1869 60
1990 11 338413 11280 193 1753 58
1990 12 346139 11166 193 1793 58
1991 1 378742 12217 204 1857 60
1991 2 352854 12602 208 1696 61
1991 3 390900 12610 211 1853 60
1991 4 395101 13170 211 1873 62
1991 5 389211 12555 217 1794 58
1991 6 375404 12513 219 1714 57
1991 7 380571 12276 222 1714 55
1991 8 369642 11924 222 1665 54
1991 9 342975 11432 219 1566 52
1991 10 360474 11628 225 1602 52
1991 11 322888 10763 224 1441 48
1991 12 314970 10160 229 1375 44
1992 1 312554 10082 231 1353 44
1992 2 302647 10436 231 1310 45
1992 3 325624 10504 229 1422 46
1992 4 312457 10415 237 1318 44
1992 5 305129 9843 239 1277 41
1992 6 291895 9730 239 1221 41
1992 7 292272 9428 238 1228 40
1992 8 290935 9385 237 1228 40
1992 9 271760 9059 242 1123 37
1992 10 273150 8811 242 1129 36
1992 11 252514 8417 245 1031 34
* Includes Bakken, Sanish, Three Forks,
and Bakken/Three Forks Pools Page 9 of 16
ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics
Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
1992 12 254960 8225 240 1062 34
1993 1 267963 8644 245 1094 35
1993 2 245220 8758 243 1009 36
1993 3 265553 8566 247 1075 35
1993 4 256858 8562 248 1036 35
1993 5 252938 8159 251 1008 33
1993 6 228804 7627 249 919 31
1993 7 235485 7596 249 946 31
1993 8 232243 7492 253 918 30
1993 9 215128 7171 250 861 29
1993 10 219393 7077 256 857 28
1993 11 203847 6795 254 803 27
1993 12 214782 6928 254 846 27
1994 1 209903 6771 250 840 27
1994 2 182251 6509 244 747 27
1994 3 196208 6329 248 791 26
1994 4 182801 6093 252 725 24
1994 5 184137 5940 253 728 23
1994 6 169741 5658 251 676 23
1994 7 166057 5357 242 686 22
1994 8 170886 5512 256 668 22
1994 9 162979 5433 254 642 21
1994 10 156073 5035 246 634 20
1994 11 151637 5055 247 614 20
1994 12 152296 4913 246 619 20
1995 1 148585 4793 248 599 19
1995 2 137932 4926 249 554 20
1995 3 144802 4671 246 589 19
1995 4 131940 4398 247 534 18
1995 5 134367 4334 246 546 18
1995 6 120767 4026 247 489 16
1995 7 123020 3968 245 502 16
1995 8 121108 3907 252 481 16
1995 9 110399 3680 241 458 15
1995 10 113697 3668 244 466 15
1995 11 108044 3601 241 448 15
1995 12 108945 3514 242 450 15
1996 1 103823 3349 239 434 14
1996 2 99116 3418 235 422 15
1996 3 104671 3376 234 447 14
1996 4 96695 3223 238 406 14
1996 5 100135 3230 236 424 14
1996 6 90860 3029 237 383 13
1996 7 87613 2826 230 381 12
1996 8 91302 2945 232 394 13
1996 9 87423 2914 230 380 13
1996 10 91647 2956 232 395 13
1996 11 88474 2949 234 378 13
1996 12 88853 2866 234 380 12
1997 1 83111 2681 230 361 12
1997 2 82230 2937 231 356 13
1997 3 92392 2980 232 398 13
* Includes Bakken, Sanish, Three Forks,
and Bakken/Three Forks Pools Page 10 of 16
ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics
Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
1997 4 84040 2801 230 365 12
1997 5 89285 2880 232 385 12
1997 6 82865 2762 227 365 12
1997 7 83690 2700 224 374 12
1997 8 83093 2680 231 360 12
1997 9 80852 2695 231 350 12
1997 10 81844 2640 224 365 12
1997 11 75961 2532 227 335 11
1997 12 80046 2582 223 359 12
1998 1 75994 2451 223 341 11
1998 2 62080 2217 219 283 10
1998 3 76140 2456 218 349 11
1998 4 72265 2409 219 330 11
1998 5 72410 2336 217 334 11
1998 6 68328 2278 212 322 11
1998 7 68784 2219 212 324 10
1998 8 66291 2138 207 320 10
1998 9 65047 2168 207 314 10
1998 10 65721 2120 203 324 10
1998 11 63890 2130 202 316 11
1998 12 65962 2128 203 325 10
1999 1 61183 1974 191 320 10
1999 2 57435 2051 196 293 10
1999 3 61252 1976 186 329 11
1999 4 61666 2056 193 320 11
1999 5 61033 1969 194 315 10
1999 6 61945 2065 196 316 11
1999 7 63785 2058 197 324 10
1999 8 61504 1984 199 309 10
1999 9 59928 1998 194 309 10
1999 10 61548 1985 199 309 10
1999 11 60763 2025 197 308 10
1999 12 61255 1976 198 309 10
2000 1 61049 1969 192 318 10
2000 2 58731 2025 195 301 10
2000 3 61670 1989 203 304 10
2000 4 58731 1958 198 297 10
2000 5 59828 1930 200 299 10
2000 6 56918 1897 197 289 10
2000 7 59107 1907 202 293 9
2000 8 54759 1766 201 272 9
2000 9 54677 1823 201 272 9
2000 10 58576 1890 203 289 9
2000 11 55440 1848 200 277 9
2000 12 54444 1756 198 275 9
2001 1 56370 1818 203 278 9
2001 2 50766 1813 199 255 9
2001 3 56521 1823 199 284 9
2001 4 53832 1794 197 273 9
2001 5 57690 1861 201 287 9
2001 6 56835 1894 202 281 9
2001 7 55550 1792 205 271 9
* Includes Bakken, Sanish, Three Forks,
and Bakken/Three Forks Pools Page 11 of 16
ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics
Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
2001 8 54840 1769 202 271 9
2001 9 52015 1734 200 260 9
2001 10 55836 1801 202 276 9
2001 11 56696 1890 200 283 9
2001 12 56077 1809 196 286 9
2002 1 58547 1889 199 294 9
2002 2 52661 1881 198 266 10
2002 3 54753 1766 195 281 9
2002 4 54974 1832 197 279 9
2002 5 54453 1757 196 278 9
2002 6 50270 1676 195 258 9
2002 7 50969 1644 199 256 8
2002 8 49633 1601 197 252 8
2002 9 49426 1648 200 247 8
2002 10 53452 1724 200 267 9
2002 11 51206 1707 196 261 9
2002 12 52282 1687 199 263 8
2003 1 51373 1657 193 266 9
2003 2 45150 1612 192 235 8
2003 3 51441 1659 194 265 9
2003 4 50621 1687 196 258 9
2003 5 50992 1645 194 263 8
2003 6 49473 1649 194 255 8
2003 7 51168 1651 197 260 8
2003 8 49843 1608 199 250 8
2003 9 46395 1546 196 237 8
2003 10 48984 1580 192 255 8
2003 11 47123 1571 192 245 8
2003 12 50924 1643 194 262 8
2004 1 45946 1482 193 238 8
2004 2 43689 1507 186 235 8
2004 3 49200 1587 194 254 8
2004 4 50180 1673 197 255 8
2004 5 49441 1595 193 256 8
2004 6 47222 1574 192 246 8
2004 7 47931 1546 188 255 8
2004 8 46544 1501 186 250 8
2004 9 46868 1562 188 249 8
2004 10 51828 1672 189 274 9
2004 11 52024 1734 185 281 9
2004 12 58458 1886 189 309 10
2005 1 63302 2042 188 337 11
2005 2 57502 2054 195 295 11
2005 3 78616 2536 199 395 13
2005 4 73416 2447 200 367 12
2005 5 74023 2388 202 366 12
2005 6 74151 2472 199 373 12
2005 7 84523 2727 199 425 14
2005 8 85252 2750 201 424 14
2005 9 104318 3477 213 490 16
2005 10 115669 3731 220 526 17
2005 11 120866 4029 216 560 19
* Includes Bakken, Sanish, Three Forks,
and Bakken/Three Forks Pools Page 12 of 16
ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics
Year Month BBLS Oil Daily Oil Wells Producing BBLS Per Well Daily Oil Per Well
2005 12 120970 3902 219 552 18
2006 1 138559 4470 227 610 20
2006 2 113633 4058 226 503 18
2006 3 127765 4121 233 548 18
2006 4 129046 4302 241 535 18
2006 5 148790 4800 242 615 20
2006 6 154890 5163 249 622 21
2006 7 187121 6036 253 740 24
2006 8 180978 5838 258 701 23
2006 9 222939 7431 264 844 28
2006 10 275388 8883 273 1009 33
2006 11 317169 10572 284 1117 37
2006 12 314478 10144 289 1088 35
2007 1 319143 10295 303 1053 34
2007 2 337814 12065 303 1115 40
2007 3 412355 13302 321 1285 41
2007 4 436116 14537 331 1318 44
2007 5 561828 18123 342 1643 53
2007 6 561755 18725 351 1600 53
2007 7 654396 21110 367 1783 58
2007 8 692644 22343 382 1813 58
2007 9 723620 24121 404 1791 60
2007 10 859866 27738 419 2052 66
2007 11 881277 29376 433 2035 68
2007 12 1028073 33164 446 2305 74
2008 1 1120643 36150 470 2384 77
2008 2 1087964 37516 479 2271 78
2008 3 1336951 43127 520 2571 83
2008 4 1522578 50753 550 2768 92
2008 5 1825592 58890 582 3137 101
2008 6 2079104 69303 626 3321 111
2008 7 2369141 76424 657 3606 116
2008 8 2575237 83072 701 3674 119
2008 9 2828615 94287 740 3822 127
2008 10 3407784 109929 788 4325 140
2008 11 3661628 122054 834 4390 146
2008 12 3496311 112784 868 4028 130
2009 1 3128027 100904 891 3511 113
2009 2 2969107 106040 904 3284 117
2009 3 3447792 111219 948 3637 117
2009 4 3423194 114106 991 3454 115
2009 5 3826224 123427 1033 3704 119
2009 6 3986449 132882 1083 3681 123
2009 7 4550276 146783 1128 4034 130
2009 8 4697187 151522 1184 3967 128
2009 9 4739103 157970 1234 3840 128
2009 10 4998397 161239 1276 3917 126
2009 11 4971584 165719 1307 3804 127
2009 12 5101913 164578 1332 3830 124
2010 1 5170802 166800 1362 3796 122
2010 2 5173005 184750 1394 3711 133
2010 3 6223024 200743 1459 4265 138