A year of oil records
20.05.12
The North Dakota oil industry has exploded, breaking record production almost every month for nearly two years, officials said Friday.
“We just continue to see record wells being set and record rigs, record barrels being produced,” said Alison Ritter, North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources spokeswoman. “The numbers show we continue to set records every month.
North Dakota has been setting records in oil production since January 2010 due to an oil boom in the western part of the state, according to presentations from Lynn Helms, the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources director.
As of October, the state was producing more than 488,000 barrels per day oil and more than 506,000 MCF, or thousand cubic feet, gas.
Producing wells also passed records almost every month. January and February were the only months not to break records. As of October, North Dakota had 6,202 producing wells.
The Oil and Gas Division started to see rig count records break in October 2010 when the count hit 156. Since then, January, June and September were the only months that didn’t break the previous month’s records. The record stands from Nov. 19 at 204. There were no available reports for December.
Source: Dickinson Press